wellllll. as usual i'm the odd one in the bunch! i'm running an ac electric
pump in my bugeye and switch back and forth between a 40dcoe weber and the
"trick" set of su's. the weber does not flood with the ac pump but the su's
did. so i went with a pair of grose jets and new floats in the pair of
su's. have had no instance of flooding since. and honestly since the su's
have been sorted out i have left them on and boxed my weber up and stashed
on the shelf downstairs. the su's work just fine and i have no complaints
about their performance running hillclimbs. when i step on it ....it goes
and darn well too!
chuck
back to my top secret project!
----- Original Message -----
From Michael Lupynec <mlupynec at globalserve.net>
To: <froggi@cdsnet.net>; Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>
Cc: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 2:26 PM
Subject: Re: "On the road again ..."
> These very enlightening responses on Grose jets are that not
> promising. I had heard that they often solved float bowl flooding
> problems.
>
> My bug is restored 100% stock incl original fuel pump. The odd
> time she went rich I used to take the bowls apart and check them
> head to toe. Had two filters in line and have since put in a new
> gas tank.
>
> Now the odd time, she misbehaves, I just get out, open the bonnet
> and give the Culprit Bowl a good British Thwack, and off we go.
>
> Mike L.
> 60A,67E,59Bug
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: WFO Herb <froggi@cdsnet.net>
> To: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>
> Cc: Michael Lupynec <mlupynec@globalserve.net>;
> <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Sent: November 7, 2000 2:14 PM
> Subject: Re: "On the road again ..."
>
>
> > Mike,
> >
> > Regarding float bowl flooding, check fuel pump pressure (and
> volume).
> > SU's and similar carbs require low pressure pumps. If someone
> installed
> > an after market, high volume high pressure pump that may be your
> > problem. But I'm sure you've checked for that, right?
> >
> > I apologize if this has already been mentioned; may have missed
> it.
> >
> > WFO Herb
> > Keep the sticky side down!
> >
> > Jeff Boatright wrote:
> >
> > > Mike,
> > >
> > > Not at all. I'm saying that I've tried both in the same set of
> carbs
> > > and both worked fine. What is causing the massive float bowl
> > > flooding? Are your needle valves new or old and worn out? Are
> they
> > > set correctly? Does the float actually float? These are
> questioned I
> > > would answer before purchasing Grose Jets.
> > >
> > > Jeff
> > >
> > > At 9:53 AM -0500 11/7/00, Michael Lupynec wrote:
> > > >Jeff, I am thinking of putting Grose jets in my stock Bugeye
> to
> > > >eliminate the infrequent but massive float bowl flooding.
> Are you
> > > >saying they were no better in that regard?
> > > >
> > > >Mike L
> > > >60A,67E,59Bug
> > >
> > > _____________________________________________________________
> > > Jeffrey H. Boatright, PhD
> > > Assistant Professor, Emory Eye Center, Atlanta, GA, USA
> > > Senior Editor, Molecular Vision, http://www.molvis.org/molvis
> > > mailto:jboatri@emory.edu
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