adjusting the fuel mixture on a weber down draft carb?

Asked by dsmutley Sep 10, 2013 at 02:38 PM about the 1977 Triumph Spitfire

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I had the engine rebuilt a few hundred miles ago and need to research how to re-adjust the fuel mixture after the break in period is done.  is there any good how to viedos or web site out there that can help me with this process?

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DavidH25 answered 10 years ago

http://www.triumphexperience.com/phorum/read.php?8,9610,page=1 Check out this: http://www.sterlingbritishmotoringsociety.org/files/zenith%20stromberg%20tech%20tips.pdf you gotta have Adobe Reader or the like to open the pdf file

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DavidH25 answered 10 years ago

HERE is a good site: http://www.triumphspitfire.com/carbchoices.html

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Lee answered 10 years ago

Try Pierce Manifolds website. There are pages of Weber info there. www.piercemanifolds.c om I run two downdraft dcnvh webers that I bought from Pierce as well as an Offenhauser 5164 dual plane manifold. I can call Pierce anytime that I need tech help. They're great people.

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