Bob,
Does your solex mobile have the problems that I described??
I just do not think that its worth the ~1500 bucks for the carbs/cam.
>
> But fact is I still like driving the '69 2000 Solex the best... So do
> my kids, who flip for the right seat.
I am not saying that solex cars are not fun to drive. Mike Carions
car is a blast above 3500rpm with the pedal floored. BUt what about all
the other times?? The just cruising around town with the top down taking
it easy times???
> Don't confuse 'stumbling' with sharp throttle-on/throttle-off
> performance, or a non-committal right foot. These can be cured, and
> it's both fun and rewarding.
When you say stumbling are you talking aboutmy car?? Because my
foot is very committed. When I floor it and leave it floored my car just
seems to 'stumble' around 3000rpm.
And, forgive me, but it sounds like you
> are within an eyelash of toasting the entire car with the thermo-nuclear
> alternator set up you describe, pulsing lights and all...
I forgive you. I do not believe that my high output alt. is bad for
the car. I have a 35amp fuse to the old alt. input wire and the rest goes
straigt to the battery. WHich is a high-output optima batt.that can take
amazingly high amounts of charging/discharging current.
The lights do not PULSE perse but get noticably brighter when the alt
kicks in. The alt is self-regulating so it only puts out what power is needed.
It does not kick out 100 amps to the batt all the time.
Daniel 69 2000
>
> All veteran roadster-philes know that the lights are supposed to go
> **OUT** at 4500 RPM!
>
> - Bob Mann
>
> Daniel Neuman wrote:
> >
> > Hello All,
> > I know that all of you are probably sick to death of hearing
> > me pondering on about solex's. Should I get them or shouldn't I. I
> > personally go back and forth probably on a weekly basis. But ya know,
> > after talking to some people who have them on their cars and driving behind
> > some people that have them... I DONT WANT THEM!!!!!! Their cars backfire,
> > foul plugs get bad gass mileage..seem way more tempermental than they should
> > be. With myu su's my car starts right up idles and runs great, never
> > fouls plugs or backfires. Gets great gass mileage. Easy to drive around
>town.
> > Can anyone with solex's say these same things?? I know they are
>sexy
> > but c'mon.
>
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