Thanks Shawn and Phil for pointing out that these are
Hitachi SU clones, and possibly not identical. Once again the list
proves itself a wealth of obscure knowledge.
When my spit is done it will be multiport EFI, so I'll be
through with these finiky mechanical contraptions, and at the mercy
of computers instead... And since I'm a software engineer by
trade, I know just how merciful they are ;-(
Shawn Loseke wrote:
>
> Actually the carbs on those Z's should be Hitachi's. Now, if you say that
> they look an awful lot like SU's, then you would be correct. And if you
> tried swapping parts from these carbs with SU's or something of that
> nature. You should find that they fit and are interchangeable. So, they are
> Hitachi's copied from SU's and manufactured under license from SU.
> Therefore, technically they are SU's, but would be listed as Hitachi's in
> all of the advertising and technical data. You can also find them on the
> Datsun Roadsters of the late sixties, both the 1600 and 2000's.
>
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Reed Mideke rmideke@interbase.com
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