Nunyas
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Well, I'm back to that annoying fuel supply problem I have with my B. After the drive I had with Stewart this past Saturday, we noticed that the ZS carb on my B gets pretty darn hot, *much* hotter than the Webber that's on Stewarts car, IMO. Darn near burn my hand hot if I leave my hand on there (on the ZS) long enough.
We looked it over, I have the ZS heat shield and the front cover to allow the carb to pull heated air from around the exhaust manifold in place. I also have the wood "heater" bit in place, gasket between the heater and carb, and a gasket between the heater and heat shield mount. But I don't think there's a gasket between the heatshield mount and manifold.
I had some difficulty getting my car to restart after the drive that night. I'm not sure what that was about. I had trouble restarting my car after driving 20 minutes earlier this week too ( was on a particularly hot day ).
I thought maybe it was running too lean the last time it wouldn't restart (idle wouldn't come down under 1K RPM after fully warmed). So, I've richened it about a full turn. The idle now comes down to a "smooth" 600RPM after the car is fully warmed. However, it still has an "uneven splashy pop" to the exhaust note, though that may be an artifact of the emissions components.
I still need to check that "vapor" separator in the boot. Is there anything else I should be checking out while I'm crawling around under the bonnet and car this weekend?
I'm putting her on the emissions tread mill next week.
thanks,
We looked it over, I have the ZS heat shield and the front cover to allow the carb to pull heated air from around the exhaust manifold in place. I also have the wood "heater" bit in place, gasket between the heater and carb, and a gasket between the heater and heat shield mount. But I don't think there's a gasket between the heatshield mount and manifold.
I had some difficulty getting my car to restart after the drive that night. I'm not sure what that was about. I had trouble restarting my car after driving 20 minutes earlier this week too ( was on a particularly hot day ).
I thought maybe it was running too lean the last time it wouldn't restart (idle wouldn't come down under 1K RPM after fully warmed). So, I've richened it about a full turn. The idle now comes down to a "smooth" 600RPM after the car is fully warmed. However, it still has an "uneven splashy pop" to the exhaust note, though that may be an artifact of the emissions components.
I still need to check that "vapor" separator in the boot. Is there anything else I should be checking out while I'm crawling around under the bonnet and car this weekend?
I'm putting her on the emissions tread mill next week.
thanks,