Great timing! I'm thinking of this conversion as well to cure my smog test
woes. A friend with An MGB has a DGV on it and consistently passes. But
would it be a huge power loss compared to my twin HS4s? I'd would do a
yearly test swap then, and keep the SUs. Incidently, the rich running
stromberg was the reason why I gave up on those carbs. Failed worse with
those compared to the SUs.
Ron '78 1500
-----Original Message-----
From: DTait44495@aol.com <DTait44495@aol.com>
To: spitfires@autox.team.net <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Date: Saturday, February 05, 2000 9:26 AM
Subject: weber dvg carburetor for 78 spit
>
>Looking over the Victoria British Winter Special catalog, I see that they
>have a entire Weber DVG carburetor kit, hardware, air filter and intake
>manifold for sale, at a price that has me asking myself is this a cure to
my
>overly rich running single Stromberg that I have had no luck in leaning out
>over the past four years that I've owned it and two rebuilds later. With
the
>Stromberg my plugs foul out, soot in the tail pipe and vapor locks after
>running it for a half an hour and shutting the car down then attempting to
>restart it after a 5-10 minute stop. And oh yes terrible mileage and the
ever
>present cloud of black smoke and discolored chrome on the rear bumper.
>
>So, I ask the collective wisdom of the group will DGV offered, free me from
>the above ailments described?
>
>And if so, what of the three offered models of chokes, manual, electric, or
>water which is what my Spit had until I disconnected it and put in a manual
>choke, is the best choice? If the electric model is strongly suggested,
>where and how do you get power to it.
>
>I have over the years have benefited greatly from the group, and
appreciated
>the knowledge gained in my requests and those of others who have posted. So
>any insight or recommendations to my request would be greatly
>appreciated...TIA
>
> Dave Tait
> 78 Spitfire-Jezebel
> FM76339U
>
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