23-12-2019, 05:04 PM
Hi All
I’ve been playing around with an H series 1 1/4 SU and to avoid using a fuel pump and as suggested in an earlier thread (Solex 26FV) I have mounted it under the manifold in a semi updraft fashion. To do this I’ve swapped the float chamber and throttle levers to opposite sides of the carb body. This leaves the float chamber level. The choke levers fit in their original position as there is no room to swap those over too. Unfortunately this means that with the throttle lever on the “wrong” side the fast idle adjusting screw sits in mid air on the opposite side to the cam
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How critical is the fast idle mechanism? I plan to retain the steering wheel levers and it seems to me that the “gas” lever does almost exactly what the fast idle mechanism does only manually?
I’d also welcome comments on whether I need a heat shield as the float chamber is quite close to the exhaust manifold.
Cheers
Howard
I’ve been playing around with an H series 1 1/4 SU and to avoid using a fuel pump and as suggested in an earlier thread (Solex 26FV) I have mounted it under the manifold in a semi updraft fashion. To do this I’ve swapped the float chamber and throttle levers to opposite sides of the carb body. This leaves the float chamber level. The choke levers fit in their original position as there is no room to swap those over too. Unfortunately this means that with the throttle lever on the “wrong” side the fast idle adjusting screw sits in mid air on the opposite side to the cam
.How critical is the fast idle mechanism? I plan to retain the steering wheel levers and it seems to me that the “gas” lever does almost exactly what the fast idle mechanism does only manually?
I’d also welcome comments on whether I need a heat shield as the float chamber is quite close to the exhaust manifold.
Cheers
Howard