<VV> 140 Jetting

[Bryan Blackwell]

On Sunday, July 4, 2004, at 02:22 PM, virtualvairs-request@corvair.org 
wrote:

> Mileage figures for our cars obviously depend on driving style, tire
> pressures, weight, state of tune, and carburetors. I have seen 140 
> carbs with all
> sorts of jetting configurations from 53/53 down to 50/45. I have even 
> seen
> backwards jetting where the secondaries were bigger (makes no sense 
> with our
> engines).

Why not?  There's a power enrichment on the late carbs, it would seem 
to make sense to jet the secondaries richer since they are usually in 
use at the higher RPM and load ranges.

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Bryan Blackwell bryan@skiblack.com
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