[WPTA] SU Carbs

Thu May 21 18:17:39 MDT 2020

Yep. I’m going to send a message to our distribution list.

> On May 21, 2020, at 18:15, Tint And Blinds via Wpta <wpta at autox.team.net> wrote:
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> Pvgp cancelled. 😩 
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> Sent from my iPhone via talk to text. I apologize for poor grammar or spelling. 
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>> On May 21, 2020, at 17:54, Robert Astor via Wpta <wpta at autox.team.net> wrote:
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>> Being the bastard step child of this upstanding organization, I resemble that remark.
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>> On Thursday, May 21, 2020, 01:57:57 PM EDT, Jerry Van Vlack via Wpta <wpta at autox.team.net> wrote:
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>> That's a great story.
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>> -----Original Message----- 
>> From: Mark J Bradakis via Wpta
>> Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2020 11:24 AM
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>> Subject: Re: [WPTA] SU Carbs
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>> On 5/21/20 8:42 AM, Nick Gaten via Wpta wrote:
>> > I have SU’s on my ‘59 Morgan, never had a problem but am trying a Weber 40 
>> > DCOE on a Midget I am restoring.
>> >
>> My usual quip regarding Webers is that their main advantage is they are
>> infinitely adjustable.  Their main disadvantage is that they are
>> infinitely adjustable.
>> 
>> Back when my computer sys admin career ended, 2005, I was making my beer
>> money working for a friend of mine at his repair shop.  He actually did
>> all sorts of cars, but his main love was British stuff.  His father had
>> this pristine MG TC.  Anyway, he knew SUs pretty well, was a die hard MG
>> guy.  Being a Triumph guy I knew Strombergs, and from autocrossing and
>> performance improvements Webers pretty well.  Between the 2 of us we had
>> like 4,732 years of experience with the things.  I don't recall we ever
>> had a car come in with carb problems we couldn't fix.  Sometimes it took
>> a while, often just to ascertain for certain that the carb was the
>> problem, not the ignition.  That alone is a major part of the battle.
>> 
>> One of my favorite moments was this fellow had a really nice Jaguar E
>> type coupe sporting 3 SUs.  He had some driveability issues, and I spent
>> some time fussing with it.  He came in to pick up the car, but I wasn't
>> quite done.  I was doing the final tweaking and balancing, he watched me
>> for a while.  I did the final balancing as he watched, adjusting each
>> carb by ear, just listening to the engine idle.  No hose in the carb
>> throat for me. I tightened up the linkage, satisfied with my work.  I
>> told him I better check to see how close they are.  I grabbed an airflow
>> meter, one a little fancier than the usual flat plate with the vertical
>> tube and the red plastic bobber.  This one had a numbered scale.  He
>> watched as I put the tester to each carb, and each carb gave the exact
>> same reading.  He was REALLY impressed!  I was just really glad I got
>> that lucky!
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>> mjb.
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