rough guide for carb needles ??

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814CWE
998 Cooper
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rough guide for carb needles ??

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998 cooper mk1 block 1964 vintage
6cc dished pistons on a 60 thou rebore
duplex chain
333 cooper s box with s/c drop gears and a 3.76 diff
12g295 head with a 60 thou skim
cooper inlet manifold with 2x hs2 carbs on 997 cooper pancake filters
kent 286 scatter camshaft

any idea what needles to try as i want to run it in before i let it loose on a rolling road,,wanna break it in gently..
for my sins,i own a 1957 wolsleley 1500
surfblue63

Re: rough guide for carb needles ??

Post by surfblue63 »

Vizard suggests the following

std. 998 cooper normal mixture Red springs GY needles
std. 998 cooper with modded head blue springs M needles
std. 998 cooper modded head semi race cam blue springs E3 needles.

this link might help

http://www.mintylamb.co.uk/suneedle/
814CWE
998 Cooper
Posts: 712
Joined: Fri Jun 25, 2010 1:24 pm
Location: in my workshop

Re: rough guide for carb needles ??

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ooooooooooo :mrgreen:
for my sins,i own a 1957 wolsleley 1500
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