My book from Dean says that 2000 carbs will mount as-is to the 1600
manifold with the 2000 spacers, although you'll need to modify your
linkage as the 2000 carbs are mirror images and the 1600 carbs are the
same (except for the vacuum advance).
ZTherapy sells modified 2000 carbs that with swapped linkages so they
bolt on with no linkage modification.
Adam
'70 1600
--- Arthur <maybee@zebra.net> wrote:
> Yeah.. I had noticed how a lot of stock roadsters sit too high in the
> front.
> It really looks a little funny. I think I have decided to build my
> spare
> engine into a 2000cc Stroker. Since it's a spare, I can take my time.
> I just
> feel that the only way I'll be able to get it right is to take time
> and not
> cut corners. Getting the flow of the head up carbs, etc. Someone
> said
> somthing about mounting 2000 SUs to the stroked 1600. What is
> required to do
> this? Do you need the manifolds from the 2000? Or do the manifolds
> from the
> 1600 need to be modified?
>
> Arthur
>
>
> > Hey Arthur - I bet your shackles are reversed. A lot of people do
> this
> > because they think the Roadster sits too low in the rear. Remember
> the
> '66
> > springs are even lower and stiffer. When the Roadster came to the
> states
> > they had to raise the front almost two inches to meet head light
> height
> > laws. This made the rear low in comparison. You can see this as
> you look
> > under the Roadster front end and the a-arms drop from the car to
> the
> > spindle. They should be flat for correct suspension geometry.
> The rear
> > ride height was fixed (the wrong way) on 67.5 and up Roadsters with
> > different rear springs. Now you know why you can put comp front
> springs
> on
> > a Roadster and it looks level.
> > Some say the rear springs sag. I don't believe this because these
> springs
> > are stiff in comparison to most cars and are lightly loaded. You
> can look
> > at old pictures of brand new Roadsters and their rear end sits low
> too.
> >
> > Phil
> > SEROC
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