When I changed to Weber DCOE 45's in my TR3 it made a HUGE difference.
I was 7 seconds faster at Watkins Glen than with H6 or HS6 carbs. On
a shorter track like Lime Rock, they were good for 2 seconds. The
other's that I race with have had similar successes. Joe(B)
----- Original Message -----
From: Mordy Dunst <gasket.works@gte.net>
To: Jack W. Drews <vinttr4@geneseo.net>; <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 8:34 AM
Subject: Weber DCOE 42,45,48
> I can tell you that when I first bought my TR4 it had SU's on them.
It was
> run with SU's for some time prior to putting on 42 DCOE's. I think
that if
> I had not known of the carb switch I would not have been able to
tell the
> difference at top end. The only difference was going around corners
and
> accelerating. The Webers worked better at the lower end and around
corners
> (didn't cought or sputter as much). The lap times were just about
the same
> and clearly not superior from one to the other.
>
> One thing that is however quite crucial...Neither carb was tunned to
its
> max. performance ability. -so the above is purely annecdotal and
not
> scientific.
>
> Most of the time I run with other carbs but, now that I have the
super
> secret 48's I'm holding back to let some of the slower cars catch up
and
> even pass -only because I like to play. This is cool.
> Mordy Dunst
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