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Synchro909 · 01-14-2015, 07:11 PM

The carburettor that was on one of my cars when I got it had 3 or 4 pieces of copper wire through the main jet and bent over top and bottom so they didn't come out. The wire had been stripped from an piece of ordinary electrical wire. The car ran VERY well and returned good fuel economy and did so for many thousands of miles till I put a down draft on it. Has anybody come across this method of adjusting fuel flow?
I would rather have a jet of the correct size but one only ever hears stories of repro jets being close but not quite right. I am not familiar with the 36" tests spoken about above. Where do I find all the nitty gritty details?

01-14-2015, 07:11 PM	#5
Synchro909 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 7,496	Re: How to: Jet flow test? The carburettor that was on one of my cars when I got it had 3 or 4 pieces of copper wire through the main jet and bent over top and bottom so they didn't come out. The wire had been stripped from an piece of ordinary electrical wire. The car ran VERY well and returned good fuel economy and did so for many thousands of miles till I put a down draft on it. Has anybody come across this method of adjusting fuel flow? I would rather have a jet of the correct size but one only ever hears stories of repro jets being close but not quite right. I am not familiar with the 36" tests spoken about above. Where do I find all the nitty gritty details? __________________ I'm part of the only ever generation with an analogue childhood and a digital adulthood.