Re: Carburattors

["Brian A.Tink" <batink@domain.elided>]

MIke


Greetings

Well the bit is hacked out, the 2 main objectives now is to firstly, get
the backside not to hurt too much, I have found out that it hursts less
when the members of the fairer sex put their hand on it, and secondly, stop
the mnasties from coming back.  I am heading down the path of Chinese
herbals at the momnent.

As for the SU's, well I suppose it is like the question of electric versus
mechanical fans.

I have a single SU on the Morris Major (for 15 years with no dramas), then
several years ago, after much heart ache I booted the Strombergs on the
daughters 2000 sedan for a pair of SU's off a later model 2500 and of
course the 2500S had Su's from near.  I set them and forget them for almost
years at a time.

I ahd the 2500s carbies rebuilt about 6 years back after they had done
about 175000 Kilo's, I rebuilt the 2000's Su's about a year ago, and they
are fine.

I just find the Strombergs a big pain in the $%^&, and I have already got
one there.


regards  brian


At 07:19 PM 15/08/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi Brian
>
>I didn't know you have had another bout of bits being hacked of, at least
>not being able to sit will keep you up and about doing the decorating etc.
>
>I have to totally disagree with you over carburettors. SU's constantly need
>re-tuning.  A few years ago they (Rover) had to do a complete redesign
>twice in 5 years in an endeavour to produce a clean(ish) exhaust, and to
>keep the darn things in tune.
>
>The base reason why Strombergs were invented was to stop both those
>problems, and it succeeded (mainly).  Only the perishing of non-genuine
>diaphragms is really a weakness, plus difficult to modify them for a tuned
>engine.  Look at the design robustness and ease with which wearing
>components can be renewed, e.g., butterfly spindle bushes/seals.
>
>I am reluctant to put this out over the 'digest' as I know a lot of people
>will have a strong opinion one way AND the other and it will fill our
>in-trays for weeks...........
>
>As for Holleys, these are REALLY rotten.  They come with 'perfect' venturii
>and nozzles for a nominal engine breathing capacity, so usually work to a
>fair degree 'out of the box'.  If you want to change things, messing about
>with different venturii and jet nozzles is a real pain as it is a full
>strip every time - and the parts themselves are very expensive if they have
>to be bought and are not laying about in the parts bin.  Once you get the
>tuning right, they can be quite economical until you press loud and go over
>to all chokes, then they really get the fuel flowing!  This is why they
>have a reputation for making engines go well.  Personally, I wouldn't give
>them house room.
>
>Mike
>
>