My experience is that SU carbs are designed to run on 2.5 to 3 psi of fuel
pressure and that more than that is likely to cause flooding problems at low
engine speeds.
Regards, Greg Solow
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From: Ccanepa50@aol.com <Ccanepa50@aol.com>
To: CooperS66@aol.com <CooperS66@aol.com>; mini-list@autox.team.net
<mini-list@autox.team.net>; vintage-race@autox.team.net
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Date: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 8:59 PM
Subject: Re: SU Carbs
>my take on the oil in the S.U. is that it acts like a shock absorber to
>control part throttle flutter. my full race carbs do not have oil in them
>at all. correct me if I am wrong but S.U.s function well with 4 psi fuel
>pressure, best to run higher pressure (7psi) from the pump up to a
regulator
>w/guage located under the bonnet set a 4 psi............this assures
adequate
>fuel to the float bowl in all "on track" situations
>I send this to all the list so my I may get corrected if not completely
>acurate
>.........................chuck
>
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