In my opinion the SU's are good carbs, and easy to rebuild.
Regards,
Jim B.
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Jewell" <m1garandusa@netscape.net>
To: "MGB-v8 list" <mgb-v8@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 7:10 AM
Subject: Not really a V-8 question.... (Weber Carb)
> Gentlemen,
> Before I can start on my V-8 conversion, I have to drive the 77 'B
> from my parents house in NY down to Maryland, and I figure that I'll
> want to drive it all the way up to the point in time where I have to
> drop the engine out. Having said that, I either have to rebuild my 1.5"
> SU carbs, or I can buy a Weber DGV down-draught carb and manifold that
> someone is making me a fair used sale offer. However, I seem to recall
> stories of people in the past putting a DGV (or DGEV) on their B's, only
> to take it back off and put the stock 1.5" SUs back on. Can anyone
> relate any experiences to me about the DGV? Anyone have one to sell (w/
> manifold) for less than $200.00? It's billed as a reliable daily-driver
> carb, with some performance gains over the SUs (I think it has an
> accelerator pump), but I'm suspect of all marketing.
>
> Thanks for reading this slightly off-topic question.
>
> James J.
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