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Hallo,
The other day I opened a box from 1967. The contece was a pair of Reece Fish 1½ " carbs fitted to my Broadspeed 970S Mini. They have done aprox. 10 races and in mint condition. There is a marking on each L162 resp. L169.
I remeber from the time we had great problem to tune them properly and last time we used them was 1969 in the Swedish 6th round of the Championship.
Today and £ 50.000 later I race the same Mini in Scandinavia and the RHK Championship with S.U.´s and was the past two years outright champion FIA App.K.
Still I want to use these carbs for just testing an evaluate at the rolling road how good or bad they are.
But I do not know where to begin for set up and tuning. I have found many articles at the net but most of them seems to me as wasted time.
Please, is there anyone who can guide me right?

Tommy Jagerwall
SWEDEN

There is a guide to setup in Clive Trickey's book, Tuning The Classic Mini

You are quite right, nobody knows here to begin to tune them. One is hard enough, but 2 cubes the problems. as you say, most of the articles are a aste of time, because no one has ever got a pair to work correctly in tune for long enough to close the bonnet.
i remember someone ho had a pair on a mini around the same time as yourself and his are probably in a box in the back of the garage like yours. That's the clue.

I got a one on my woody.. indeed bit struggling to get i right. Clive's book will help..



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Jaapio

I really want to run a reece carb on my clubmans car, 2 would be better, but my mechanic pal (who will inevitably have to fix it when I cock it up) resolutely refused to get involved with twins!

He also raised his eyebrows sufficiently at my recent plan to run twin 1 1/4" Wal Philips injectors to dissuade me from such folly.

I'm assuming a single would need to be a 1 1/2" for a 998 engine in moderate tune, or would a 1 3/4" be an option?

What sort of prices are Reeces going for these days?

Al

On board wideband required, and Trickeys book. All tuning done with a turn of screw iirc. It surely must be easier than filing SU needles.

1 1/2" for a 998 engine in moderate tune

Yes.. that's also the one I have on my A serie 998..

Price
Paid 250 euro for mine, with all documentation and original invoice, Reece fish tools, rampipe, extra gascable holder. Which was a very good price compared to some ebay auctions i saw later

Jaapio

Hi Jaapio,

So, we are a few out into the wilderness of Fish. I will off course try to get hold of CT´s book and thank you everyone for your inputs.
However Jaapio, would it be possible to persuade you a copy of the manual and also be informed about the tool you had with them.
Thank´s
Tommy

will do next week.. documentation is at my parents house

Jaapio

Fantastic. Thank you very much.
Tommy

I knew i forgot something.. next weekend .. sorry guys

Jaapio