Michael,
Ditto on what Bill said. I had a down draught Webber
on my 78B and hated it. Converted to twin SU's and
had a ball!!! Never touched them once they were tuned.
Jim
69C
70B
78B sold 9/20/02
--- Bill Saidel <saidel@camden.rutgers.edu> wrote:
> Mike,
> I changed the ZS on my 76B 2 years ago replacing it
> with 2 SU
> HIF's. This change required a few others, the
> exhaust header, the
> downpipe, mounting a manual choke, a bit of figuring
> with the air
> filters, but I have never regretted doing this
> and would strongly recommend it. I even kept the
> same mufflers from the
> ZS configuration. A friend described the change as
> going
> from a car that operated like a put-put to one that
> felt like a sports
> car (with 65 hp! :-))
> Anyway, if you go that way, I can share bits
> from a parts car I
> just disassembled. Maybe you ought to figure out a
> budget, too. I did
> everything for about $300 and could have done better
> (as I later found
> out).
>
> Bill S.
> '76B
> NJ
>
> On Sun, 17 Nov 2002, Michael Jose wrote:
>
> > Dear listers,
> > As I've been having a world of trouble with my ZS
> on my 79 B since I've
> > had the car, (as in, two rebuilds of the carb,
> countless rebuilds of the
> > choke, and now a fire from the choke) I would like
> to ask a provocative
> > question.
> > HAVE THE BRITISH EVER HEARD OF A SIMPLE AUTOMATIC
> CHOKE?
> > Sorry to yell, but American cars from the 60s had
> autochokes which were
> > air operated, and functioned very well. I'm not
> sure if this were a
> > trade secret kept in the states, but I am
> wondering if I have any real
> > options for a carburettor that works most of the
> time, is simple to
> > maintain, doesn't require some bizarre choke
> setup, and can keep my car
> > emissions-legal.
> > I've seen single SUs, Webers of differing sizes,
> and manual choke
> > conversions for the Stromberg, but nothing that
> looks like it would
> > actually help at all.
> > I know everyone will have his own opinion, I guess
> I'm just asking for
> > all of those, and the one I like best wins.
> > I'm just tired of fighting my carburettor.
> > Mike Jose
> > 79B
> > Phoenix
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