No info on the tranny. But you may want to just get the carbs rebuilt. I
believe Joe Curto in Queens NY charges $300 for a complete overhaul (don't
quote me). And when he's done with them, they might as well be new. His
number is 001-718-762-7878. He should remember my name (tell him I'm the
guy putting HS4s from John Esposito on the '78 Midget.)
I never give out recommendations unless I'm completely confident in the
person I'm recommending. Joe is A1 material.
No financial kickbacks....
Mike
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Warfield [SMTP:andyw@telus.net]
> Sent: Friday, March 10, 2000 3:02 PM
> To: spitfires@autox.team.net
> Subject: Overdrive advice and SUs...
>
>
> Hey everybody,
>
> I have an early model Mk3 that's been on the road for a couple of
> seasons and running fairly nicely. I've mostly used it for around town
> driving but have made the eight-hour highway run between Ottawa and London
> (Ontario) a few times.
>
> My dilemma is that I am now at school in Vancouver, which according to
> the online distance-finder is about 2205 miles away from my spit. I've
> been
> thinking about flying home this summer and driving the car out here. My
> only concern is that it has the smaller (1157cc I think) engine in it, and
> with the four-speed tranny It revs pretty high on the highway. I redid
> the
> head on the engine last summer, so I'm not too worried about it... I'm
> just
> wondering if it might be worth exploring some options, perhaps an
> overdrive
> installation. Does anybody have any experience with this, or any other
> suggestions? I figure that I can probably arrange to work on the car for
> about two straight weeks before driving back here, and this sound like a
> reasonable amount of time to do an installation. Does anybody know if
> there
> is a kit available, and how much it costs? Or, like I said, are there
> other
> (perhaps wiser) options?
>
> The other thing is that my SUs are getting a little stale. The floats
> stick, and the linkage is so loose that balancing the two sides is a
> comedy
> of errors... I'm thinking that I'd like to try to find a set that is in
> better condition? I might even consider going the way of the Weber, but I
> imagine that is a bit more on the pricy side...
>
> Anyhow, any advice on either of these points would be fantastic...
> Also,
> does anyone happen to know of good triumph parts places around the
> Vancouver
> area?
>
> Cheers,
>
> andy.
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