John,
As I read your post, it jogged my memory, it was four Mikunis on that Hill
Climbing Spit. Also, it was the big bearing 1296 engine.
Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: John Knox <jknox@hcsd.iu5.org>
To: spitlist <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, November 19, 1999 5:34 PM
Subject: Re: carb's
>
> I've thought about this as well. My father has a set of four Mikunis that
we
> have thought of adapting to his 1500. The only down side that I can find
is
> that most of these carbs do not have a preinjector so they might be rather
> boggy off the start>
>
> A couple of years ago, there was a military guy in PA who had a pair of
> > motorcycle Mikunies (sp) with an machine shop custom made manifold on
his
> > Spit. He both did hill climbing and autox in his Mark IV.
> >
> > Tom
> >
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