You know how it goes... today I fixed up the throttle and choke cables, decided to go and get some petrol so that I could test that I didn't have any leaks in my new pipework and to set the regulator... and got to that point when I was sitting there thinking - "shall I?". I just had to connect everything up and spin it over!

A couple of tries and off it went - running rough, almost certainly because the carbs need balancing, but the intake roar did sound nice. It was also 'interesting' to see the haze hovering just in front of the trumpets!

They're in desperate need of a decent tune now... and a sausage filter and a throttle stop... but those are the next jobs in the coming week.

Anyone know of a decent rolling road in the south Suffolk / north Essex area who can cope with Megajolt and bike carbs on a car engine?

cheers,
David

Congratulations it good when it all comes to gether
sorry i don't know of a r/road down south
Jacko

Nice one fella, not sure if you put vacuum take offs on your inlet pipes but if you did and want to borrow my morgan carbtune 2 you're more than welcome.

Cheers
Rich

David,
I rang these people
Ipswich Rolling Road
and they appeared to know what they were talking about, might be worth a call.
ATB Nick



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Very well done indeed. Im chuffed for you.

The induction roar is rather nice isnt it. Similar to twin webers but with a smattering of smugness

Did you see al 4 pistons moving when you rev it up? Mine didnt at first, bit of a bugger to get the ZZR carb diaphragms to seal. Car still ran as well.

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Did you see al 4 pistons moving when you rev it up? Mine didnt at first, bit of a bugger to get the ZZR carb diaphragms to seal. Car still ran as well.

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David,
I rang these people
Ipswich Rolling Road
and they appeared to know what they were talking about, might be worth a call.
ATB Nick

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I would avoid LPS,

There idea of tuning is plugging a laptop into your ecu and downloading a superchips map.

I even doubt they know what a carb is...lol

Rich,

Apologies - I responded to everyone's post apart from yours! makes me sound very ungrateful...

I don't have vacuum take-offs so I can't use that sort of gauge - I'll have to use one of those things you stuff into the front orifice...

cheers for the offer though.
David

If you dont mind travelling a bit further afield then i'd visit PDQ over near slough.

Rob the dyno guy for cars is very very good and definately knows what he's on about.

Tuned it roughly by ear this morning - now running a lot smoother. I even have a decent tick-over now, at 800 - 900 rpm, something I never had with the down-draft weber.

Took it for a quick trip up the road and back - pulled very nicely, no hesitation on throttle-up, and sounded nice.

Distinct pong of petrol every time I accelerated, but that may well be due to the lack of an air filter. There are no signs of flooding or leaks, and the plugs are a reasonable colour (maybe a vague hint of a weak mixture - but I know that's not a reliable guide, before anyone says anything). I also put my Colortune on it, and that's looking reasonable (again, not a very accurate measurement, but useful as a guide).

So it's just a filter and a decent tune-up to go.