if you run solexs and the cam you need to change your rear end to a 4:37..
in fact either SUs or solex which ever has the 4:37 installed will out
accreate the other from a stop.
if the solex was running a solex cam it should have a higher top end , if it
doesn't somthing is not set up right .
Mike Kerr
Restoration Products
3730 todrob Ln.
Placerville, CA 95667
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-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Katz <fredkatz@2xtreme.net>
To: Andrew Murphy <solex67@hotmail.com>; datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
<datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, May 14, 2000 12:26 AM
Subject: Re: Vindication (Sort of)
>I believe that Solex cars can outperform SU cars at high revs, but only if
>they are tuned!
>
>Forgive me Calspeed, but after all, this was posted last year after Doheny.
>On the way back Calspeed raced his 67.5 Solex against my 66 SU 2000. He
>couldn't catch me. We got up to about 110 and he was always at least a car
>length behind. I felt pretty good about my engine after rebuilding it, and
>had it tuned pretty good. After that, I'm sure Calspeed did some work on
>his Solex carbs!
>
>Oh, to make it fair for his car, we started the race above 3500 rpms in
>4th. I can take him from a dead stop!
>
>Fred - So.SF
>
>----------
>> From: Andrew Murphy <solex67@hotmail.com>
>> To: datsun-roadsters@Autox.Team.Net
>> Subject: Vindication (Sort of)
>> Date: Saturday, May 13, 2000 11:07 PM
>>
>> List,
>>
>> I felt terrible after reading the posts about me Pooh Poohing
>> (Unintentionally) Vic Laury's and Craig Carter's car.
>>
>> When I re-read what I had written, I felt a little better. What I said
>was
>> that the GRAY car didn't have the punch of my car. I didn't say anything
>> about Vic's or Craig's car being slower than mine.
>>
>> So I make a full retraction about SU cars being slower than Solex cars.
>>
>> I remember Vic Laury telling me that Solex cars only outperform SU cars
>at
>> high revs.
>>
>> comments?
>>
>> Andrew Murphy
>> 67.5 2000 Solex
>> SoCalRoc
>>
>>
>> >From: "Victor Laury" <vlaury@earthlink.net>
>> >Reply-To: "Victor Laury" <vlaury@earthlink.net>
>> >To: <CarterCM@aol.com>
>> >CC: <datsun-roadsters@Autox.Team.Net>, "Andrew Murphy"
>> ><andrew.murphy@integtech.com>
>> >Subject: SU Envy
>> >Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 18:31:28 -0700
>> >
>> >Andrew Murphy unbeleivably said >I have to say that after driving this
>car
>> >I
>> >have gained a lot of respect for guys like Craig Carter and Vic Laury
>who
>> >have 1970 SU 2000s. They drive very fast and this gray car doesn't have
>the
>> >punch of my solex car. It is still very quick though and the engine
>appears
>> >strong.
>> >
>> >Craig and list,
>> >
>> >I'm too sensitive to be able to tell, so give me a hand here.
>> >
>> >Are we,
>> >
>> >(a) being called good drivers with slow cars?
>> >(b) Or do we have slow cars that are tunned so well that they are almost
>> >fast?
>> >
>> >Victor
>> >70 SRL 31113136
>> >Los Angeles
>> >http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=123073
>> >SoCalROC http://www.ameri-eagle.com/datsun/
>> >
>>
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