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May 09, 2004
My reasoning for going with a DCOE is for the following:
1. It was originally fed by a Zenith Stromberg carb for the 1500
midgets. I'm doing a complete restoration on the car, however,
between the engine that came with the car (with a thrown rod) and the
one I purchased to rebuild, neither came with a carburetor or a
distributor.
2. I want to get rid of the zenith stromberg =)
The engine is a basic 1500 engine. Stock cam in it, 9:1 compression
and .020" overbore from the rebuild. Currently no head porting or
anything done to it. I do have a header for it already, but that's
about it for now. I'm also looking at it from the standpoint of
since I have 2 heads, I might have one ported/reworked, and possibly
throw in a performance cam in the future. I figure a DCOE would
handle any future modifications done to the engine without any
problems. I also have found that many people do install DCOE's on
their 1500 engines, so I figured there would be a good support base
for them.
I had also considered the weber DGV conversion, and also considered
putting on perhaps a set of SU HS4's? As far as running a dual DCOE
40 setup, where do you get a manifold for those? I've only seen
manifolds for a single DCOE installation. Same with running a set of
SU carbs. I'm putting the enginge together over the next week or
two, and I'll be down to choosing a distributor/carburetor setup, so
I figured I would seek the advice of those who have been there and
have experience with these engines.
Thank you again for your help!
Chris
"Chris" < ckleman@... > 31910
Posted on May 9, 2004 12:44 AM
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