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If you get them around the wrong way it'll make it harder to reach the seatbelt in a saloon (I'm told) and it'll rub on the b-post in a convertible (which happened to me). No big deal, just annoying.

Christ on a bike. Kermit's gone radioactive!

Doesn't look too bad! I'd say it's just about the right time for this car to go through this.

Yep. We followed him behind a saloon until the saloon pulled in and the Merc shot off. He kept riding on peoples arses but would never over take! Then he was behind that blue Spitfire for a while until I got fed up of his brakes lights always going on and blasted past both. Yours was the one with the waggin' blue tail? I was behind you for a while. If I knew it was you I'd have said hi.

I followed you a lot over the weekend and overtook you a few times. Did you notice my white 13/60? On the way to Land Ends I was behind you again but my car was feeling a bit sick so couldn't keep up.

Sorry for the quality. The co-driver got thrown around a bit... I might have to sort out some way of mounting a camera. Mute it to get rid of Steve's commentary if you like.


Stuck behind an idiot in a Merc;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SK1kxzpgng4

After I'd gone past him (you can't beat a big convoy of Triumphs, one of my best memories of the event);
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iwc8r-P4-Q

Catching up to some saloons;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_rAAL1Bs1M

Being behind them (another great memory of the event for me!);
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r4W5phzCTc

The amount of work and speed is stunning.

That exhaust looks like it's going to be rather loud as well!

No, what I meant was that when I put my new air filter on with my SU's I had instant access to ideas on what springs and needles to use.
When I got the car it had a single Stromberg and a K&N. The general knowledge was that I needed to change the needle but I couldn't find out any info as to what to change it to. Looking in articles in the Courier simply said "best to use a rolling road" and there was nothing I could find on-line.


The Stromberg which if it had been on the car since new and the speedo was correct  had only done 83k miles and wouldn't stay in tune. ;)
Although I know the engine was replaced in the 80's so have no idea on when the carb was last fiddled with or rebuilt etc. So assume it had done a lot less miles.

But the info isn't out there is it? I know I struggled to find any when I knew it was time to change my needles. With regards to the SU's it was dead easy.

Isn't there a theory that was never really proved? SU's gave you slightly more power but worse economy. Strombergs the other way around. Hence why they never put Strombergs on Spitfires.
Although, didn't some US spec Spitfires have Strombergs? A very very small number.

Or is that just an old wives tale?




When I put twin SU's on my engine I did notice an improvement in torque. But then, I only put them on because the Stromberg was knackered so can't really comment.