[ROVERNET - UK] Fuels and cars

A.G. Opstal van agOpstal at poelmann.nl
Fri Sep 23 10:10:23 BST 2005


Paul,

I have scanned the article.
It is a 7 mB pdf.
Is that no problem?

Lex.

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Van: rovernet-bounces at lyris.ccdata.com
[mailto:rovernet-bounces at lyris.ccdata.com] Namens Paul Smith
Verzonden: maandag 19 september 2005 12:01
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Onderwerp: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] Fuels and cars


I'd like a scan of that if possible.

PVS

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From: "A.G. Opstal van" <agOpstal at poelmann.nl>
To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 7:45 PM
Subject: RE: [ROVERNET - UK] Fuels and cars


As a matter of fact I have experience with
EFI (Vitesse), twin SU, quad SU (Boxer),
the Weber and the Holley. On my 2 V8 cars
Rover P6 and TR8 I run Holleys, simply because
it was fitted to the TR8 and on the Rover
because I got it for free.
Both cars run pretty, well uh.. not so pretty
thirsty but both have around 200 bhp.

I have a test article comparing twin SU's,
the Weber, the Holley and the quad SU's.
The Weber gave the most horses and was the
most economical for this particular test car
which was btw a Rover V8 engined Capri.
However they had not enough time to fine tune
the quad SU and Holley set up.

Lex.



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[mailto:rovernet-bounces at lyris.ccdata.com] Namens Paul Smith
Verzonden: maandag 19 september 2005 10:57
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Onderwerp: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] Fuels and cars


So Lex has run HIFs and a Weber 500...?

PVS

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "A.G. Opstal van" <agOpstal at poelmann.nl>
To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 6:48 PM
Subject: RE: [ROVERNET - UK] Fuels and cars


James,

Well adjusted and non worn (throttle shafts)HIF6 SU's are very, very
economical. Use new jets and needles but do use the correct needles.
Rebuilding a Holley is a joke. Very simple and very cheap. I just
rebuilt a Holley 390. $ 28 with well written instructions. Holley's do
give more power but are thirstier then SU's.

The most economical carb and giving the most power (+30 bhp) provided
rightly jetted and adjusted is the Edelbrock/Weber 1404 500 cfm. This
has smaller primary barrels and so give more torque and is more
economical when cruising. Only $ 224 at Summit.

Why not use the cats without the (clogged) internals?
Very effective resonators. If not replace with a piece
of pipe. Always much cheaper then buying and importing downpipes from
England. I assume you with your facilities and experience surely can
weld a piece of pipe in a exhaust system?

Regards,
Lex van Opstal.




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[mailto:rovernet-bounces at lyris.ccdata.com] Namens James Dean
Verzonden: maandag 19 september 2005 3:55
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Gavin.I have the correct Holley on my SD1, which was originally fuel
injection, but it needs needs to be rebuilt. It has been running rich
and has clogged the right side catalytic converter; also the heat
appears to

have affected the starter, which is going bad. I was planning to have
the Holley rebuilt, by a local shop who is good on Holley, I need to
deal with the downpipes.We no longer have emission testing in Florida. I
assume there must be a European set of downpipes available that bolt in
place of the
converters- Perhaps I should contact Pierre or Rimmer Brothers? what do
you advise. Also, I have an inlet manifold with a pair of HIF6, I
believe from an English landrover 3.5 that appear to have been rebuilt.
It sounds like you have run both. What do you prefer? I am becoming more
fuel cost conscious, as well., so could consider the SU's. Do they clear
the bonnet with air cleaners attached? thank  you, James Dean,
Ft.Lauderdale.
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From: <Gavin.Walker at csiro.au>
To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 4:43 PM
Subject: RE: [ROVERNET - UK] Fuels and cars


Dave,
  Ripping out the petrol tank doesn't help you in an SD1, it's under the
rear seat in front of the axle.  Before all the fuel prices went up I
spent some time ripping out the holley and manifold and fitting dual
strombergs, thinking I was just going to run petrol.

Gavin Walker
Canberra, Australia

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