Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2003 22:41:49 GMT From: Paul Halliday <pjghnopsamyonder.co.uk> Subject: Re: Classic 900 carburetor engines
in article ZXrzb.1225$Dh5.1122nopsamfep4-winn.server.ntli.net, chris at chrisnopsamail.com wrote on 03/12/2003 20:46: > > "Paul Halliday" <pjghnopsamyonder.co.uk> wrote in message > news:BBF166B6.B69C%pjghnopsamyonder.co.uk... >> Okay, a hundred break off a single SU carb. >> >> I'm feeling the need for some old-fashioned carburetor goodness and have > the >> possibility to buy one of these beasts. What's the tuning possibilities on >> one of these things? How loud do they bark at WOT? :) >> >> Has anyone tried a twin carb setup? What about Webers? My googling has > drawn >> a blank, so I hope there are some people here who know. >> >> I'll give a packet of crisps to anyone who can help me out, >> >> Paul <----- What, who, when, where, why and with whom? > > > II've had a few carb 99's, they went well enough, the single stromberg > giving quite reasonable performance and 100+mph if I pushed it :-) Fine. I'm fast getting to the point that I'd rather take an hour longer and go for some fun on an A road with a car that sounds good than storm down the motorway with the stereo up loud so I don't have to listen to the constant hum of the tyres and exhaust. Motorways don't go that fast nowadays anyway. I've got a slightly uprated Mk1 Fiat Punto Sporting for all that hot hatch fun. It easily does 90 MPH in 4th with noticeable "toe down", even at that speed, an a load of rice in the lower gears. > I did drive a 100bhp single carb 900 but the extra weight and PAS load made > it quite sluggish...Forget twin strombergs... they go out of tune and only > gain 8hp Okay. I was thinking the twin Stromberg might give a significant improvement, but it seems not. Now twin Webers ... > Or fit twin webbers like a mate did, (he had the rocking horse sh** > manifold, the sod...) the performance was even better than injection and > great sound.... Thanks mate. That's the kind of thing I wanted to hear :) I take it the intake runners are a sod to find/fabricate when converting to Webers. What about the heat in the engine bay? Would an air duct be advisable? I've seen Triumphs with and without air ducts to the air filters and there seems to be some contention about whether there is any gain to be had. > Even better, forget 900's and find an old 99 and drop in a 16V...... Yeah. I'd love a 99, but I love my 900. It would have to be a late 99 combi coupe turbo in black with red velour interior and Inca wheels. Quite a tall order :) My garage have done a few 900 B202s into 99 shells while I've known them. If I go older, I'd like to go a lot older. The (late model) 96 is higher on the list than a 99. Anyone else? Paul 1989 900 Turbo S http://saab.go.dyndns.org/
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