<VV> Carbs

[Hugo Miller]

Haha there is never only one way to do something. Were that the case, 
we'd all still be living in caves. An Indian cook once said "There is 
only one recipe. But there are many ways of doing it"
Anyway that's enough philosophising - Yes I agree that the Rochester 
carb works. But it is certainly not what I would describe as an elegant 
solution to the biggest problem that all carburettors have to overcome - 
the fact that air is lighter than gasoline and therefore speeds up more 
rapidly when you open the throttle. SU carbs, on the other hand, are a 
picture of elegance - they do it all with one jet and a variable 
venturi, together with a vast selection of needles which enable you to 
tweak the mixture precisely at any degree of throttle opening.
Here's a rare piece of useless information for you; the initials "S U" 
stand for 'Skinners Union". The Skinner brothers were part of the large 
British shoe manufacturer at the dawn of the motor car, and they 
designed this clever carburettor. Originally, instead of that beautiful 
spun aluminium dashpot, they had a bellows made of calf-skin, hand-sewn 
by old Mrs Skinner herself. But the principle was as elegant as it 
remains to this day.
Einstein's equation E=MC2 is also described as elegant, because it is 
so concise. If it were Rochester's theory of Relativity, it would be 
three pages long.



On 2020-03-05 12:22, Smitty wrote:
> Hugo you are standing on my Corvair lovin toes calling the Carter HV
> an abomination.  It may have lots of valves and levers but each of
> them serves a design purpose.   Once the carb is set up as intended 
> it
> is as precise and reliable as any mechanical device can be.  My
> station wagon had almost 450,000 miles on it original carbs with no
> rebuilds and only an occasional replacement of the accelerator pump
> cups and float valve needles.
>   I have no problem with you experimenting ways to set up and balance
> the two carbs.  I have had an occasional bout with tinkeritus 
> myself..
> but you can try gauges and hissing hoses and all kinds of crap but
> until you set them up with a flow meter you are still poking at them
> in the dark with a stick.  There is only on way to do a complete 
> setup
> on HVs, one way to mechanically join them together, and one way to
> synchronize them.  It’s in the book.                  Regards.
> Smitty.
>
>
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