SU's have huge range of needles that would allow you to get the right
mixture...
I have done this for the free-flow filters and tubular exhaust manifold I
have got at the mo.
Its much more punchy, unfortunately it is not quite right as it eats lots
of fuel!
Cheers
Tim
Jason wrote:
> Anyone know how this would effect a set of dual SU's on a 69 MK3 motor?
>
> Thanks,
> Jason
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-spitfires@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-spitfires@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Bob Sykes
> Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2001 9:51 AM
> To: CraigS@iewc.com
> Cc: Spit-flyers
> Subject: Re: Air intake
>
> Craig,
>
> I'm not sure about a '71 model, but the later Strombergs
> have such a limited range of mixture adjustment, that this
> would not work if air is being forced into the carb.
>
> Even fitting a "free flow" air filter is enough to lean
> the mixture too far to compensate.
>
> --
> LBC'ing U,
> Bob (& Spitfires)
> [digest mode]
> http://home.att.net/~stan.part
>
> Craig wrote:
>
> [...]
> > aluminum "scoop" to attach just below the valance to
> > get in to the clean
> > air.
> > Question is: What is this going to do to my needle
> > settings on the Stromberg
> > ???
--
Tim Dafforn
University of Cambridge
Structural Medicine Unit
Cambridge Institute for Medical Research
Wellcome Trust Centre for Molecular Mechanisms of Disease
Hills Rd, Cambridge CB2 2XY.
UK
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