John and Bill:
When my friend was researching EX186 the Le Mans Twin Cam we
talked with Henry Stone the factory race mechanic about this problem.
He showed us drawings of a spacer that fit under the top of the SU float
bowl. The spacer effectively deepened the bowl and reduced the problems
of fuel starvation.
Sounds like the modification your guys were doing.
Kelvin.
-----Original Message-----
From: Susan and John Roper [mailto:vscjohn@iamerica.net]
Sent: Saturday, November 07, 1998 7:19 PM
To: WSpohn4@aol.com
Cc: mga@ffwd.bc.ca; mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: mga: MGA Twin Cam.
Interesting point, Bill. I reached the same conclusion about ten years
ago when
researching my twin cam. Also was able to confirm by talking to some
guys who
raced'em when new. I found one who reported having solved the problem
by using a
float bowl arrngement different from stock. Said the car was so rare he
was never
caught by the tech guys. And as a result we have a bunch of neutered
twinkies
with 8 to 1 compression. John
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