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158. MOT and emissions testing Debbie Lewis
23-Jul-2007, 08:10pm		 4 Charles Bushell
23-Jul-2007, 08:45pm
157. Rolling Road Alan Fulbrook
16-Jul-2007, 09:58am		 2 Clive Senior
16-Jul-2007, 11:59am
156. Where do I get the sponge for pancake filters? Derek Owen
17-Jun-2007, 11:05pm		 1 Brendan Delaney
17-Jun-2007, 11:22pm
155. Starting point needles Alan Fulbrook
30-May-2007, 09:09am		 0
154. Idling speed with a mind of its own Julian Saul
21-May-2007, 10:55am		 7 Hugh Glossop
25-May-2007, 10:35am
153. HS4 Tuning for muppets! Ben Taylor
03-May-2007, 05:12am		 6 Mark Stradling
03-May-2007, 02:25pm
152. The best SU's to use Chris Littlewood
02-May-2007, 10:25pm		 0
151. Silly Question Matthew Fennell
02-May-2007, 09:10am		 2 Paul Carter
02-May-2007, 01:09pm
150. Rebuilt carbs now it won't start and fuel leaks out of the carbs Stuart Evans
17-Mar-2007, 09:42pm		 4 Peter & Mick Lewis
27-Apr-2007, 09:22pm
149. Carb Flooding Leigh Thompsett
03-Apr-2007, 01:07pm		 3 Peter & Mick Lewis
04-Apr-2007, 05:30pm
148. Petrol everywhere! Paul Hewitson
27-Mar-2007, 01:18pm		 2 Paul Hewitson
27-Mar-2007, 03:51pm
147. K&N Fitting to Spit 1500 Jonathan Wallbutton
20-Mar-2007, 02:07pm		 1 Charles Bushell
20-Mar-2007, 07:38pm
146. Dual Weber DCOM 40 Ian Fraser
08-Mar-2007, 08:47pm		 3 Nigel Gibbins
09-Mar-2007, 08:55am
145. Dash Pot Oil Andy Webb
01-Mar-2007, 10:24am		 1 Graham Bostock
01-Mar-2007, 01:25pm
144. Dashpot Oil Level - how much? Paul Hewitson
18-Feb-2007, 09:38am		 1 John Davies
18-Feb-2007, 10:16am
143. Carb Tuning; can anyone help Paul Hewitson
17-Feb-2007, 11:51am		 0
142. Carb Tuning; can anyone help? Paul Hewitson
17-Feb-2007, 11:50am		 0
141. Carb Tuning Paul Hewitson
12-Feb-2007, 07:41am		 0
140. Carb Tuning Paul Hewitson
11-Feb-2007, 08:32pm		 0
139. Electric Supercharger? Aaron Dixon
21-Dec-2006, 12:09pm		 2 Philip Charlton
21-Dec-2006, 02:32pm
138. HS4 overhaul - how and how hard? Richard Measures
21-Nov-2006, 12:24pm		 8 Richard Measures
14-Dec-2006, 11:00am
137. Richer and Richer Mark Stradling
27-Nov-2006, 12:58pm		 1 Chris Taylor
27-Nov-2006, 02:29pm
136. Fuel coming out of the air filter box??? Ian Preece
15-Oct-2006, 02:46pm		 6 Jon Morton
27-Nov-2006, 01:04pm
135. HS4 needles Stuart Willington
16-Nov-2006, 05:08pm		 3 Stuart Willington
17-Nov-2006, 04:10pm
134. Needle selection for Mk3 Spit Mark Raine
01-Nov-2006, 03:16pm		 2 Stuart Evans
07-Nov-2006, 00:25am
133. Float chamber fixture Julian Saul
03-Oct-2006, 07:44pm		 0
132. Twin SUs or single DCOE ? Charles Smith
12-Sep-2006, 05:04pm		 0
131. carburettor,SU or Weber Charles Smith
12-Sep-2006, 04:52pm		 0
130. PI Throttle Bodies on Spitfire Head? Mark Stradling
12-Sep-2006, 11:17am		 0
129. Adding K&N's - Everything else stock. Dean Rayner
24-Aug-2006, 04:43pm		 5 Chris Hamblin
04-Sep-2006, 03:47pm
128. Choke sticks on. Dean Rayner
19-Aug-2006, 11:36am		 2 Philip Brammer
19-Aug-2006, 01:45pm
127. Carb Set-up On Modified 1500 Tim Sinclair
15-Aug-2006, 09:32pm		 3 Nigel Gibbins
16-Aug-2006, 07:29am
126. Cold Air Intake System Jon Morton
04-Aug-2006, 10:52am		 6 Mark Stradling
04-Aug-2006, 11:55pm
125. HS4's - slow return to idle Richard Measures
17-Jul-2006, 04:05pm		 2 Chris Taylor
18-Jul-2006, 00:11am
124. needle size for 1500 spit Peter Coleman
13-May-2004, 02:27pm		 5 Ian Walker
14-Jul-2006, 07:05pm
hot topic 123. Inexplicable? Carburettor Overflow Adrian Lester
06-Nov-2005, 07:54am		 17 Ian Walker
14-Jul-2006, 07:01pm
122. Weber Carburetor help Jarrod Jones
10-Jul-2006, 05:19pm		 3 George Ralph
10-Jul-2006, 06:03pm
121. Leaking Carb Willie Cameron
06-Jul-2006, 09:39pm		 1 Chris Taylor
08-Jul-2006, 08:35pm
120. Twin HS4 & 1500 - missing and splutter on acceleration Richard Measures
05-Jul-2006, 10:16am		 6 Richard Measures
08-Jul-2006, 04:00pm
119. SUs or Webbers...which to fit Jon Morton
22-May-2006, 04:42pm		 4 Jon Morton
01-Jun-2006, 02:08pm
118. Run away Webers! Ian Knott
31-May-2006, 01:09pm		 1 Paul Bodiam
31-May-2006, 01:59pm
117. Running problems at 3000rpm Please help Stuart Evans
21-Apr-2006, 07:09pm		 8 Stuart Evans
05-May-2006, 08:36pm
116. Choke cable for Webers Ian Knott
04-May-2006, 06:01pm		 4 George Ralph
05-May-2006, 02:45pm
115. Engine Over Revving Like Mad! Debbie Lewis
17-Apr-2006, 03:51pm		 0
114. Vacuum Frank Slater
21-Mar-2006, 11:56am		 4 Frank Slater
30-Mar-2006, 11:55am
113. AUD517 - AUD580 HS2 Carbs - differences? Gavin McFarland
05-Mar-2006, 11:20pm		 3 Graham Bostock
06-Mar-2006, 01:02pm
112. Carburettors 'hunting' Christopher Delf
05-Feb-2006, 08:02pm		 5 Christopher Delf
20-Feb-2006, 11:01am
111. The hotter it gets, the faster the idle... Sarah Haley
13-Feb-2006, 02:43pm		 1 Chris Taylor
13-Feb-2006, 04:31pm
110. Will the Carbs fit?? Robert Ensor
01-Feb-2006, 09:34am		 3 Kevin Rochfort
02-Feb-2006, 09:21am
109. Pipes of Piece!!! Calvin Andrew
15-Jan-2006, 11:13pm		 4 Calvin Andrew
19-Jan-2006, 10:14pm
108. Rebuild Kits Nick Westby
12-Jan-2006, 01:56pm		 6 Nick Westby
15-Jan-2006, 05:40pm
107. K&N Air Filters James Holladay
04-Jan-2006, 01:58pm		 3 Colin Wake
05-Jan-2006, 01:29pm
106. HS4s on a 1300! Larry Evans
31-Dec-2005, 11:28am		 2 Larry Evans
03-Jan-2006, 09:47am
105. Manifold advice please Roger Owen
21-Dec-2005, 11:50am		 4 Roger Owen
21-Dec-2005, 08:19pm
104. Checking for manifold leaks Alan Walmsley
18-Dec-2005, 07:40pm		 2 Alan Walmsley
20-Dec-2005, 04:42pm
103. k and N's and HS2 tuning Mark Heaps
02-Dec-2005, 06:15pm		 5 Nigel Gibbins
04-Dec-2005, 05:26pm
102. HS4 TUNING Tony Hall
20-Aug-2005, 09:00pm		 3 Philip Wright
27-Nov-2005, 06:35pm
101. Breather hoses... Stephen Airey
14-Nov-2005, 07:15am		 1 Kevin Rochfort
14-Nov-2005, 09:00am
100. Twin 40 solex carbs; remote oil filter Chris Stanley
03-Nov-2005, 12:23pm		 8 Ian Mulford
03-Nov-2005, 04:12pm
99. Ropey Throttle Paul Bennett
30-Oct-2005, 10:34am		 5 Mark Stradling
30-Oct-2005, 11:26pm
98. Black plugs Neil Cooper
17-Oct-2005, 09:12pm		 9 Andrew Lewis
25-Oct-2005, 01:57pm
97. Inlet manifold 1500 spit Ian Osprey
15-Oct-2005, 02:40pm		 8 Colin Wake
16-Oct-2005, 06:54pm
96. US market carb ? Paul Humphries
14-Sep-2005, 09:50pm		 1 Lindsay Dearing
14-Sep-2005, 10:16pm
95. HS2 needles for 1147cc mk2 engine. AN needles standard. Tarquin Adams
12-Sep-2005, 02:07pm		 1 Mark Stradling
12-Sep-2005, 03:47pm
94. Weber jetting Ian Knott
30-Aug-2005, 04:56pm		 4 Ian Knott
02-Sep-2005, 12:16pm
93. Smell Of Fuel When Driving Hard And Changing Gear Mark Stradling
16-Aug-2005, 11:52am		 1 Christopher How
16-Aug-2005, 01:34pm
92. mpg twin su hs-4 vs twin weber 40 Morten Larsen
26-Jul-2005, 11:50am		 8 Morten Larsen
02-Aug-2005, 08:12am
91. su tuning Chris Stanley
18-Jul-2005, 04:52pm		 3 James Carruthers
19-Jul-2005, 12:52pm
90. High speed misfire Christopher Delf
13-Jul-2005, 01:04pm		 3 Christopher Delf
14-Jul-2005, 01:07pm
89. Recommended SU needle/spring combination for club exhaust + K&Ns Robert Bell
03-Jun-2005, 04:32pm		 8 Robert Bell
08-Jun-2005, 12:51pm
88. Popping Jeff Morgan
19-May-2005, 01:44am		 5 Jeff Morgan
05-Jun-2005, 01:39am
87. Waxstat vs Non-Waxstat David Roberts
02-Jun-2005, 12:53pm		 3 David Roberts
02-Jun-2005, 03:13pm
86. Instructions Tony Connolly
25-May-2005, 06:35pm		 4 Tony Connolly
26-May-2005, 06:23pm
85. Fuel hose David Balfour
11-May-2005, 09:46pm		 1 Philip Rosenberg
12-May-2005, 12:55pm
84. Best quality Choke and Accelerator cable? Martin Bryant
25-Apr-2005, 11:41am		 4 Martin Bryant
10-May-2005, 06:13pm
83. Twin to single Carb? Martin Bryant
12-Apr-2005, 11:32am		 6 Martin Bryant
14-Apr-2005, 02:01pm
82. Spitfire MkIV HS2 Needles James Carruthers
13-Apr-2005, 05:39pm		 1 Colin Wake
13-Apr-2005, 07:28pm
81. weber carb trottle Morten Larsen
11-Mar-2005, 07:15am		 1 Nigel Gibbins
11-Mar-2005, 10:29am
hot topic 80. Spitfire Turbo Michael Charlesworth
07-Mar-2005, 08:37am		 13 David Rumens
07-Mar-2005, 07:46pm
79. Weber carb: effect on timing/points gaps Ian Knott
07-Mar-2005, 01:36pm		 1 Nigel Gibbins
07-Mar-2005, 01:52pm
78. Oversized throttle shafts/spindles Mark Telkman
31-Jan-2005, 12:59pm		 4 David Rumens
31-Jan-2005, 06:16pm
hot topic 77. Carburettor overhaul Mark Telkman
21-Jan-2005, 03:53pm		 11 Mark Telkman
22-Jan-2005, 10:03pm
76. Throttle Cable Attachment Mark Telkman
15-Jan-2005, 03:58pm		 1 James Carruthers
15-Jan-2005, 04:21pm
75. K&N Filters Richard Rawson
11-Jan-2005, 00:39am		 2 John Muggleton
11-Jan-2005, 01:04pm
hot topic 74. Single SU Carburettor? Mark Telkman
21-Nov-2004, 08:32pm		 17 David Rumens
17-Dec-2004, 07:48pm
73. TURBO's Alistair Banks
13-Dec-2004, 08:32pm		 3 Michael Charlton
14-Dec-2004, 00:17am
72. PRI Keihin Carbs Hugh Sturgis
07-Dec-2004, 02:29pm		 2 Nigel Gibbins
07-Dec-2004, 10:15pm
hot topic 71. Superchargers? Michael Gordon
28-Nov-2004, 06:19pm		 21 Stephen Airey
02-Dec-2004, 03:45pm
70. I have broken my car...again! Barry Higgott
14-Nov-2004, 11:10am		 8 Barry Higgott
20-Nov-2004, 10:55pm
69. inlet manifold Keith Jones
31-Oct-2004, 08:58am		 1 Chris Wilson
31-Oct-2004, 09:53am
68. Spitfire carb upgrade Vivian Newlove
12-Oct-2004, 11:16am		 3 Clive Jackson
12-Oct-2004, 03:20pm
hot topic 67. Fuel Leak Barry Higgott
10-Oct-2004, 07:44pm		 10 Van Hamlin
11-Oct-2004, 11:32pm
66. MPG Paul Smith
04-Oct-2004, 10:16pm		 7 Paul Smith
05-Oct-2004, 06:59pm
65. Poor running on mark 3 spit Tony Walker
30-Sep-2004, 11:16am		 4 Kevin Rochfort
30-Sep-2004, 10:23pm
hot topic 64. Needle stations Yves Fleurbay
25-Jun-2004, 05:06pm		 21 Philip Brammer
24-Sep-2004, 08:17pm
63. Sooty Spitfire! Paul Beeson
22-Sep-2004, 01:26pm		 4 Mark Stradling
23-Sep-2004, 10:14am
62. A winge! Stephen Airey
02-Sep-2004, 07:16am		 9 Stephen Airey
07-Sep-2004, 07:15pm
61. K & N filters - a short cautionary tale! Paul Bodiam
06-Sep-2004, 10:09pm		 1 Andrew Bradford
07-Sep-2004, 09:26am
hot topic 60. mis-fire at 3000rpm Trevor Ellis
07-Jun-2004, 01:27pm		 19 Andrew Bradford
27-Aug-2004, 06:48pm
59. 1.5 SU Conversion Michael Bird
15-Dec-2003, 08:40am		 9 Barry Huffer
27-Aug-2004, 04:02pm
58. Fuel Needles? Andrew Bradford
20-Aug-2004, 04:12pm		 2 Peter Coleman
20-Aug-2004, 04:40pm
hot topic 57. carb air leaks Neil Nasralla
12-Aug-2004, 12:41pm		 10 Neil Nasralla
12-Aug-2004, 08:51pm
56. Grose ball valves-update! Lindsay Dearing
08-Sep-2003, 10:05am		 5 Brendan Delaney
04-Aug-2004, 11:25pm
hot topic 55. manifold for single weber Philip Rosenberg
22-Jul-2004, 05:50pm		 18 James Carruthers
03-Aug-2004, 00:13am
54. Carb refurb. Christopher How
29-Jul-2004, 12:50pm		 3 Tim Everitt
30-Jul-2004, 04:35pm
53. Choke problems Brendan Delaney
29-Jul-2004, 10:45am		 1 Paul Bodiam
29-Jul-2004, 11:31am
52. Why does my car think the air filter is a combustion chamber? Gavin McFarland
23-Jul-2004, 00:44am		 2 Gavin McFarland
23-Jul-2004, 05:13pm
51. Carb - Joy Chris Herridge
07-Jul-2004, 01:17am		 7 Paul Bodiam
07-Jul-2004, 02:18pm
50. Float chamber leaking lid? Glenn Harmer
06-Jul-2004, 01:54pm		 3 Glenn Harmer
06-Jul-2004, 04:56pm
hot topic 49. Self-returning choke! Chris Wilson
17-May-2004, 06:20pm		 17 Yves Fleurbay
25-Jun-2004, 05:14pm
48. ram pipes for SU carbs Tarquin Adams
29-May-2004, 11:54pm		 8 Christopher How
24-Jun-2004, 02:57pm
hot topic 47. Single webber set-up Ian Knott
21-Jun-2004, 09:46am		 10 Ian Knott
22-Jun-2004, 05:07pm
46. Fuel starvation? Brian Archibald
16-May-2004, 08:55am		 8 Brian Archibald
18-May-2004, 09:40pm
45. Leaky Carb Mark Galbraith
09-May-2004, 11:18pm		 1 James Carruthers
10-May-2004, 00:05am
44. Sticky throttle cable Michael Davis
04-May-2004, 03:23pm		 4 Ian Osprey
05-May-2004, 05:06pm
43. Twin Webers Vacuum Hose Kevin Witty
23-Apr-2004, 09:27pm		 3 Kevin Witty
01-May-2004, 05:03pm
42. reconditioning Carbs Trevor Ellis
16-Apr-2004, 10:02pm		 2 Trevor Ellis
17-Apr-2004, 07:52pm
41. Dellorto 45 carb Nick Hutchinson
02-Apr-2004, 11:43am		 8 Jason Chinn
08-Apr-2004, 06:56pm
40. Which carbs? Philip Rosenberg
25-Mar-2004, 07:50pm		 4 David Rumens
26-Mar-2004, 07:00pm
39. Dashpot Oil Chris Wilson
15-Mar-2004, 06:31pm		 2 Tim Everitt
16-Mar-2004, 03:49pm
hot topic 38. Carb tuning, a few queries Christopher How
10-Mar-2004, 11:57pm		 19 David Rumens
14-Mar-2004, 11:45am
37. Carburettor Conundrum (HS4s) Roger Golland
12-Mar-2004, 05:25pm		 3 David Rumens
13-Mar-2004, 09:28am
36. Weber fitting Philip Rosenberg
10-Mar-2004, 00:30am		 3 Philip Rosenberg
11-Mar-2004, 00:05am
hot topic 35. Heatshields and warm weather starting John Hayter
12-Feb-2004, 01:38pm		 13 Doug Paterson
28-Feb-2004, 04:33pm
34. stub stacks Alan Fulbrook
02-Dec-2003, 09:23am		 7 John Davies
20-Feb-2004, 11:27pm
33. How do I clean K&N air filters Richard Bocking
13-Feb-2004, 10:26pm		 4 John Davies
15-Feb-2004, 11:00am
32. Ram Pipes????? Ian Fraser
03-Feb-2004, 10:20pm		 5 James Carruthers
06-Feb-2004, 11:17pm
31. Dellortos and various hoses Paul Bodiam
19-Dec-2003, 02:23pm		 3 Andrew Crosier
12-Jan-2004, 07:13pm
30. Carb sizes Chris Gray
08-Jan-2004, 05:18pm		 8 Chris Gray
09-Jan-2004, 01:55pm
hot topic 29. RamAir filters Chris Gray
10-Dec-2003, 12:02pm		 34 James Carruthers
11-Dec-2003, 05:15pm
28. Flooding?! Ben Ferguson
24-Nov-2003, 04:52pm		 1 Nigel Gibbins
24-Nov-2003, 10:00pm
27. Assembling K&N Filters David Balfour
08-Nov-2003, 12:38pm		 3 Martin Ashby
11-Nov-2003, 07:23pm
26. My jet type David Balfour
26-Oct-2003, 10:11pm		 3 Adrian Lee
04-Nov-2003, 11:12pm
25. Jetting Gareth Moore
02-Nov-2003, 08:18pm		 4 Adrian Lee
03-Nov-2003, 01:09pm
hot topic 24. Twin Webers Marc Crook
13-Oct-2003, 02:47pm		 15 Jason Chinn
22-Oct-2003, 09:17pm
23. Front carb leaking fuel Johnny Chau
02-Oct-2003, 11:40pm		 1 Philip Wright
08-Oct-2003, 05:13pm
22. Air cleaner box for mark IV Sarah Holford
27-Sep-2003, 10:23pm		 2 Philip Brammer
29-Sep-2003, 01:47pm
21. Different lengths of SU needles Alan Fulbrook
08-Sep-2003, 12:40pm		 2 Keith Dandridge
09-Sep-2003, 10:20am
20. Grose ball valve jets Lindsay Dearing
17-Jul-2003, 11:10pm		 2 Chris Wilson
07-Sep-2003, 07:49am
19. Fitting Weber DCOE45 to MKIV Roger Smith
04-Sep-2003, 09:09am		 4 Roger Smith
04-Sep-2003, 12:41pm
18. Carb problems Marina Maria Miller
29-Aug-2003, 05:05pm		 2 Roger Smith
01-Sep-2003, 08:30am
17. Needles for SU HS2E Alice Hickman
24-Aug-2003, 11:30am		 4 Stephen Airey
25-Aug-2003, 08:43am
16. Yellow Carb Springs for HS4 - interchangability Stephen Airey
11-Aug-2003, 07:04am		 3 Gordon Davies
22-Aug-2003, 09:34pm
hot topic 15. Air Filters-which ones?? Alice Hickman
20-Aug-2003, 07:43pm		 17 James Carruthers
21-Aug-2003, 09:02am
14. Which needles Mark Smith
11-Aug-2003, 10:42pm		 5 Mark Smith
12-Aug-2003, 04:45pm
hot topic 13. Carb Balancing Ben Duckett
24-Mar-2003, 07:19am		 20 Stuart MacCormack
11-Aug-2003, 04:50pm
12. S.U. Carbs Keith Wallwork
02-Jul-2003, 08:48pm		 7 Stuart MacCormack
31-Jul-2003, 02:46pm
11. HS4s on 1300 Mk3 James Carruthers
16-Jul-2003, 00:03am		 6 James Carruthers
17-Jul-2003, 11:46am
10. Needling !! Gordon Davies
08-Jun-2003, 06:51pm		 3 Malcolm Huxtable
08-Jun-2003, 10:52pm
9. My website now has some jetting software on it Josh Bowler
06-Jun-2003, 11:10am		 2 Josh Bowler
06-Jun-2003, 10:52pm
8. Change of carbs Tom Hall
31-May-2003, 02:39pm		 4 Tom Hall
02-Jun-2003, 10:00pm
7. SU carb tuning Paul Jenkins
28-May-2003, 04:37pm		 4 Daniel James
30-May-2003, 08:24am
6. Setting mixture for carbs Daniel James
08-May-2003, 12:27pm		 3 Stephen Airey
09-May-2003, 07:20am
5. Carb Problems!!!! Paul Daly
21-Apr-2003, 03:37pm		 1 James Lavery
22-Apr-2003, 10:06pm
4. sticking carb float Chris Corney
12-Mar-2003, 08:49pm		 7 Michael Davis
15-Mar-2003, 06:15pm
3. Twin Webers Christopher Le Marinel
21-Jan-2003, 11:00am		 5 Nigel Gibbins
24-Jan-2003, 09:45am
2. Inlet manifold Simon Morgan
05-Dec-2002, 12:58pm		 3 Gary Lyon
09-Dec-2002, 04:43pm
1. Dodgy carbs Simon Morgan
27-Nov-2002, 11:40pm		 3 Michael Charlton
29-Nov-2002, 08:53am