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SU Carb
SU Carb
Hi there guys, i'm wanting to put a su carb onto my zuk trials truck, and i need a bit of advice on best way to go about it. or is there any other options that i could use my problem is limited space. cheers
Last edited by moonhopper on Mon Feb 18, 2008 5:48 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Location: in the shed cutting/grinding/welding mocks old shit vic
OK
once-a-pon-a-time i used to live in NZ and i also had a trials zook with an SU
use a 1 1.2 inch SU, mine had a piece of mini (BMC) manifold welded to a cut-down zook one. it ran fine and i do mean fine.
if i was to do it again i would use EFI ( a lot less problems in the long run)
if you "cut " the side out of the manifold it will fit under a 1L bonnet.
i also had a friend that made an adaptor that bolted to the carby bolts and had an "elbow" that the SU bolted to, he use a cast steel elbow (cheap-for him) and cut out the mounting surfaces with a Plasma cutter. this also woked well nut bonnet clearence was a problem.
the hardest thig is tuning the needle for the correct fuel mixture.
both of us used the "old-style" SU's, you may have better luck using an HIF 1 3/4 SU off a Jag. these are quite compact, compared to the "old-style".
again i don't think it's worth the effort. a standard carb is juat as good and a hole-lot less pissing about. that or EFI.
Mitch
once-a-pon-a-time i used to live in NZ and i also had a trials zook with an SU
use a 1 1.2 inch SU, mine had a piece of mini (BMC) manifold welded to a cut-down zook one. it ran fine and i do mean fine.
if i was to do it again i would use EFI ( a lot less problems in the long run)
if you "cut " the side out of the manifold it will fit under a 1L bonnet.
i also had a friend that made an adaptor that bolted to the carby bolts and had an "elbow" that the SU bolted to, he use a cast steel elbow (cheap-for him) and cut out the mounting surfaces with a Plasma cutter. this also woked well nut bonnet clearence was a problem.
the hardest thig is tuning the needle for the correct fuel mixture.
both of us used the "old-style" SU's, you may have better luck using an HIF 1 3/4 SU off a Jag. these are quite compact, compared to the "old-style".
again i don't think it's worth the effort. a standard carb is juat as good and a hole-lot less pissing about. that or EFI.
Mitch
[quote="Gwagensteve"]
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Steve,[/quote]
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nope, apparently I hate suzukis so nobody should be surprised by that :roll:
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