[DeTomaso] Webers - update

[hemipanter at hemipanter.se]

I like to use four matched vacuum guages, that way you can keep an eye on
the cyncronization all the time. And especially at part trottle operation
while driving. No balance tubes between carbs should be used, even if
helpful sometimes. What is the total jetting? Any inage of the linkage?
Goran

> I took my car for a drive yesterday.  This is the first drive with Webers
> on the new engine.
>
> I still have an issue with the linkage.  I spent most of the day on Sunday
> getting the Webers sync'ed.  I hooked up the last bell-crank at about 4pm.
>  Rather than fooling with the linkage, I drove it - carefully.  It isn't
> binding or anything.  It's safe.  It just opens too fast.  I'll finish the
> linkage over x-mas.
>
> I'm very happy with the responsiveness.  I haven't done anything with
> these carbs, except for replacing the 37mm chokes with 42's.  When you
> mash the go-pedal, it flat-out goes.  Did I say I was happy?
>
> Aside from the linkage, I have 3 issues.
>
> 1.  The #8 cylinder isn't pulling as much air as the rest.  The sync-meter
> is about 1" Hg lower in #8 than in #7.
> 2.  The driver's tailpipe is smoking a little bit.
> 3.  The exhaust sounds funny.  It's hard to describe.  It sounds almost
> like a piston slapping, but you can only hear it in the exhaust, and only
> at certain rpm's.  I haven't spent a ton of time listening.  There's only
> so much my wife will take - or breathe.  She was working on her
> wood-working project in the driveway, right behind my car.
>
> I checked the valve lash (solid flat-tappet).  The lash was exactly where
> I left it.  There are no worn lobes.
>
> I haven't checked anything else.  Any ideas of what to check next?
>
> I plan on having the car painted in January.  When I do, the engine will
> come out.  At that time, I'll take it apart to make sure all is well.
>
>
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