Mmmm, forget which kind of SUs are on this particular car. It's a '71,and has some sort of performance cam in it, installed by the PO. We've no idea what kind of cam, so carb adjustment may very well be off a bit. It's weird, but you'll be cruising along, on part throttle, and the car feels like it's stumbling a bit, rather like when it's cold and you give it too much gas and it chokes a bit. But like I said, hit the gas and it just goes. I was out in the car today (quite a bit, actually), and it was very hot outside, and this little hesitation/flat spot/stumble didn't seem to occur, at least not much, and certainly not when accelerating from a stop, going through 3000rpm up to 3500 or 4K (I very rarely go much higher, and don't need to in traffic). Just a little weird. Frnakly, it would not surprise me if it was the air filters (they're the chrome pancake style ones with embossed MG crests on them, very dress up). Our mechanic suggested getting a K&N or similar, as he said that the engine "just screams" without them.
-William