Terry Thompson wrote:
>
> Zenith Strombergs can be tuned? By your statement that
> ZS's are harder to tune than SU's you're implying that
> you can tune a ZS. (Just jibing you)
There is more truth to that than you know, hence the tendencies toward SUs!!!
>
> The only advantage to the ZS over a set of SU's or a
> Weber is the fact that it's a single carb/venturi and
> doesn't need to be "balanced" with a second carb. Oh,
> and there's a second advantage that, if you have to go
> through emissions they don't automatically hand you a
> FAILED certificate for altering the induction system.
> That's the only real reason to not swap out the ZS.
The balancing is often overstated. It is one of the easier things to set!
>
> Dual SU's/webers don't have leaky dashpots to fill
> every week and they don't have the rubber diaphrams to
> tear (and ZS do, frequently if you don't keep the dash
> pot oil topped-up). And a set of dual SU's look sharp!
>
The diaphragm is more to my original point!!
> Side story:
> I had two people engage me this afternoon while I was
> red-tuning my SU carbs (I finally got some #6-40
> screws for the low idle adjustment).
>
> Is it just me, or is the first question out of any
> individuals mouth is "WHAT YEAR IS IT?" Then they ask
> you couple of other questions and then say "So, what
> kind of car is it?"
>
> Well, today, the first guy that comes over leans into
> the engine bay and says "Oh this is nice! My brother
> has one just like it. It's a fiat spyder right?" and
> my reply was "No. it's a tr etc." and he looks at me
> kind of funny and says "No. This is a Fiat! My brother
> has one." So I stop toying with the carbs for a minute
> and I tell the guy "I'm pretty sure that this is a
> triumph spitfire." So he goes "Oh, well it's identical
> to a Fiat". I can see he's getting a bit adversarial
> regarding the fact that I'm trying to mislead him
> about my fiat (rolling my eyes). And I go back to
> playing with the unisyn and I tell the guy "Yeah,
> they're both small cars and look very similar." (I'm
> trying to placate the guy), and goes "Well, they're
> both basically the same car, right?" And I tell him
> "No. The Spyder is built by fiat - an Italian company,
> and the Spitfire was built by Triumph - a British
> company. You know. Like MG?" So the guy goes "Oh. This
> is an MG!"
>
> Believe it or not, the discourse went on for about 5
> more minutes, but I think you've suffered long enough,
> I know that I have.
Doesn't a Fiat Spyder have a rear engine????? :)
Joe
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