I've had problems with the Grose jets in my own cars and won't use them.
We've found when someone is having a 'stuck' float, 9 time out of ten, it's
a Grose jet. The other time we find it's a float that doesn't.
Charly
----- Original Message -----
From: <WEmery7451@aol.com>
To: <emanteno@attglobal.net>; <ryoung@navcomtech.com>; <Fot@autox.team.net>
Cc: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 12:09 PM
Subject: Re: Cold Air Boxes
> In a message dated 1/16/04 8:11:09 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> emanteno@attglobal.net writes:
>
> << They DO exist. I bought mine from Joe Curto (NFI). In my case, I run
the
> vent hoses out of the engine compartment of the TR4 so that if a float
> sticks, the fuel will dump on the ground, not the header.
> >>
> I did the same thing after a float stuck, dumped fuel onto the exhaust
> manifold, and set the car on fire. In another effort to correct this
possibility, I
> went to the Gross Jet setup, which uses two ball bearings in place of the
> needle. Now I occasionally hear that that is also a bad setup. Any
input?
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