[90maniac]

does anyone know where i can take my v8 on su carbs balancing and setting up, preferably in yorkshire lol

 

[Dr_evil]

any v8 specialist I'd presume or a classic car garage

 

[90maniac]

that is a good start lol need to see if i can find a rover v8 specialist, my landy dealer is a very diesel person hes not a fan of the v8

 

[Dr_evil]

plenty round me haha but I'm not in york****

 

[90maniac]

haha i see ur from hell lol

 

[Dr_evil]

Indeed, codename cumbria

 

[Glb8686]

What about green oval up at junction 27?

 

[discool]

It's not difficult to ballance twin carbs, I had a tool with a float to ballance my MGBs carbs.
Twin carbs are a pain to keep in tune so a tool that measures the induction air flow is a handy thing to have.

 

[90maniac]

do they do this sort of thing at green oval?, ahhh so that will explain why when i first got it, it was fine and now its not

 

[Glb8686]

They reckon to be landy specilists so worth a call

 

[90maniac]

ill have to shoot up tomorrow

 

[V8jon]

It's worth learning how to do them yourself as most garages nowadays haven't got a clue when it comes to carbs,there not that bad to do and need to be tuned regularly so worth doing it yourself.

Have a look at this link it explains it all

Classic Car Hub - Articles- Guide to setting up and tuning SU carburettors

 

[fett]

It's worth learning how to do them yourself as most garages nowadays haven't got a clue when it comes to carbs,there not that bad to do and need to be tuned regularly so worth doing it yourself.

Have a look at this link it explains it all

Classic Car Hub - Articles- Guide to setting up and tuning SU carburettors

I completly agree and ended ip doing it my self with a carb balencer, only £35 on ebay

 

[90maniac]

Oh that's not bad then is the carb balancer easy to use?

 

[fett]

yup, stick it on one carb with the link bar off and the engine running, get the reading then stick it on the other side and match the reading then adjust for the engine speed etc you want if necessary and match the other side to that.

 

[V8jon]

And to roughly set the mixture lift the piston and look in the carb,the brass bit that the needle valve sits in should be level with the base of the carb,just fine tune it from there