Date:         Fri, 15 Oct 2010 20:50:31 -0500
Reply-To:     Tom Hargrave <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET>
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From:         Tom Hargrave <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET>
Subject:      Re: Friday NVC: British Carburettor hilarity
Comments: To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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I have the one on the left and always had sealing problems between the top
of the carb and bottom of the Unisyn.

Listening with a stethoscope is much more accurate than listening with a
tube.

Tom

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Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 8:14 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Friday NVC: British Carburettor hilarity

I used the type on the right in the pictures ..
on a Porsche 914-6 about a year ago.

Listening with a tube gets you close ..
but this is a true accurate visual display of air flow at idle.

what fun.
----- Original Message -----
From: "neil n" <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 12:08 PM
Subject: Re: Friday NVC: British Carburettor hilarity


>I can't verify how accurate my settings were, but on one of my Volvo
>145 's  I ended up fixing the float on one. Then I set the carbs by
>ear. Seemed to  work fine.  (certainly better than it was) My *guess*
>is that a gauge  would  do a better job.
>
> IMO those SU's got a bad rap. In my limited experience, I had no
> issue with them.
>
> IIRC the Strombergs Volvo used were not as good.
>
> Didn't know about the Uni-syn
>
> pic: http://content.mamotorworks.com/img300/fr4987.jpg
>
>
> Neil.
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 9:41 AM, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 9:12 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > I almost laughed out loud at this. I just ran across my old Haynes
>> > manuals for SU and Stromberg Carburettors (UK spelling of course).
>> >
>>
>> So lets start the debate:  Which is better for syncing a pair of SUs,
>> a simple rubber hose held to your ear or go out and buy a Unisyn?
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"
>
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