Yes, and SUs are very reliable - once set up they stay that way too. The
main thing is getting the throttle shaft bushing sorted, easy to do, esp
with the HD8 carb.
Alan
'52 A90
'53 BN1
'64 BJ8
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 2:26 PM, Richard Ewald <richard.ewald@gmail.com>wrote:
> I would just like to add to this. I have never hung DCOEs on a Healey, but
> I did sell them for a couple of years, and helped a bunch of customers with
> their set ups.
> DCOE are wonderful carbs, once they are set up.
> The set up can be a royal bitch. There are, as I recall, 7 different
> calibrated parts that can be changed on a DCOE. Chokes, idle jets, main
> jets, air jets, emulsion tubes, and I forget the last two.
> So in setting these up you are dealing with an algebra equation with 7
> variables. Not easy. May not be fun. Also back in the day (1980s) we had
> jets from Eddie Eduardo that were different sizes even though they were
> stamped with the same number. We took to soldiering up the holes and
> re-drilling them with a set of jet drills for a consistent idle.
> If you have time, money, and are real good at setting up carbs, Webers are
> a wonderful thing. SUs on the other hand are easy to set up, and cheap.
> $.02
> Rick
>
>
> > Webers are great carbs.....can be tuned six ways to Friday and once done,
> > they stay that way.
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