William Zehring wrote:
>
> Dear all;
>
> My experience with carbs has, heretofore, been limited to SUs,
> specifically, those mounted on MGs, with a nice visit now and again to a
> single throat Solex on a Ford engine'd Morgan. I view the SU carb as a
> simple unit, easy to get to know, not terribly inspired at cold starts, but
> still and all rather reliable once you've spent a half a lifetime learning
> how to tune them. Now, as I approach the final stages of my 2500
> restoration (with the pace of a glacier, I might add), I contemplate the
> Stromberg carb. diaphragm and all. One local wise man suggests that I
> "throw them against a brick wall and smash them to bits." This gentle
> fellow suggests I'd be better off with a pair of SUs, 1.75s of a big
> Healey, or 2.0s off a jag. Another less local but still wise man (gentle,
> too, I hope) suggests that the Stromberg and the SU are really pretty
> similar, and that their differences in performance are real but rather
> subtle and that I can probably happily leave the Strombergs on the car and
> enjoy years of happy motoring, also avoiding the additional expense and
> effort. Of course, a nice row of three dual throat Weber carbs sure looks
> fast, and probably is, with the right cam, but it also looks expensive, and
> my budget frankly doesn't call for such equipment. So, what's the poop?
> Any reaction to my supposedly wise men?
>
> Low man on the learning curve, I am
> Will Zehring
> '71 2500 (a work in progress)
Will:
My take would be to put it back together with the Strombergs...with
which it came. Get familiar with the car and its performance that way...
then if you feel a need to change carbs or increase performance you have
a base line from which you can move.
Bob Tescione
mogman@rpa.net
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