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What it boils down to 140-160 1970

posted by  s_r_c on  Thu Feb 8 14:32 CST 2007
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Thanks for all the discourse gentlemen,

Finished the install today, and well, they work splendidly. The difference mostly is I've had that rotten DGAV on there for so long I forgot what a good carb can do...

All I have to watch out for now is a stray dog hair or orphaned coffee cup to accidentally knock the thing to 6k rpms. The linkage is pretty usable actually.

I knew if I were to go all the way to keep an eye out for 45s... i did my homework... but the sinister part of it was plenty of linkage & jet bits, the manifold, and that it was already dialed in for a warm B20B with minimal wear. Totally bolt-on. After filling the bowls it settled right in at 800 rpms and didn't even spit up to 5k. Good stuff.

Still not on the road though. Check valve didn't fit so no brake booster, don't have my PCV system hooked up at all, and best is the coolant outlet that formerly went to the manifold blows every gasket under the blanking plate I've tried closing it up with in 5 minutes.

And Ken, sad to say the twist does seem to be primarily the torque rods, but the sound is probably the weight pulling down on the support arms, which are the worse bushing. No great hang-up, that car needed rubber 20 years ago; my only comparison was my 122 when I bought it and that car's suspension has mostly fallen off. Now you see why I'm into Citroens!

Cheers, -Sean
--
1966 122s, 1970 142s, 1974 142e... Blue is beautiful






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