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Re: SU Carbs- - -Fuel Pressure

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Subject: Re: SU Carbs- - -Fuel Pressure
From: john.kahoon@juno.com (John c Kahoon)
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 15:37:55 -0400
I thuoght the SU Fool pumps were supposed to "do" 2-3 psi  Hence all the
leaky float valves  
   ;-}

john.kahoon@juno.com
71 midget

On Mon, 14 Sep 1998 09:07:13 +0000 "Matt Milkevitch" <milkm@mail.vt.edu>
writes:
>Hello All---
>
>         Got a quick question.   Over the weekend I had the chance to 
>re-install my SU 
>HIF4's (all redone, these are replacing a weber DGV) and had a quick 
>question.  Does anyone know the correct fuel pump pressure for SU 
>carbs??  The PO of my BGT installed an aftermarket fuel pump, and it 
>puts out 2.1 psi at the carbs.  Just wondering...in Peter Burgess's 
>book "How to Power Tune MGB Engines," he states that SU's work best 
>at 1.5 psi.  Wondering if I should install a fuel pressure 
>regulator...
>
>
>          Thanks for the help,
>
>           Matt Milkevitch
>           '74 MGBGT
>Matthew Milkevitch
>Graduate Student, Ph.D. Candidate
>Dr. Karen J. Brewer(Chem), Advisor
>Dr. Brenda W. Shirley(Biol), Co-Advisor
>Va. Tech
>Blacksburg, VA  24061
>(540) 231-4708
>
>


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