And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
A balance gauge is what is normally used to synch multiple carbs. I once owned a Triumph Spitife with dual SU carbs. The balance gauge is a device that measures vacuum, but a British Leyland mechanic taught me a way to do it by ear. Cut two tubes to equal lenghts and put one in each ear. Once you hit the sweet spot (where they both sound the same,) you are in tune.
You might get all three on a bank tuned by tuning 1 to 2, then 2 to 3. With only 3 carbs but a V-12 would require a balance gauge. Since you only have three, you must have an inline 6. It is doable. I used one of those cardboard tubes off an old style coat hanger.
is that an Allison v12?
ReplyDeleteNo. Ferrari three-liter V12.
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Sorry, that is not the 125 original version of the Colombo engine, it is the later, and far more popular 250 (three-liter) version.
ReplyDeleteTriple SU carburetors on my E type were a pain to tune correctly, can't imagine what this takes.
ReplyDeleteA balance gauge is what is normally used to synch multiple carbs. I
Deleteonce owned a Triumph Spitife with dual SU carbs. The balance gauge
is a device that measures vacuum, but a British Leyland mechanic
taught me a way to do it by ear. Cut two tubes to equal lenghts
and put one in each ear. Once you hit the sweet spot (where they
both sound the same,) you are in tune.
You might get all three on a bank tuned by tuning 1 to 2, then 2 to 3.
With only 3 carbs but a V-12 would require a balance gauge. Since you
only have three, you must have an inline 6. It is doable. I used
one of those cardboard tubes off an old style coat hanger.