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Power jet or not?

PostPosted: Sat Mar 07, 2015 3:10 pm
by jonno
I have bought a power jet to fit to my dellorto 34mm carb fitted to my tuned TS1 sprinter.But reading the notes on the MB site it says dont fit them to TS1 and RBs,as the feed is too near the top of the float bowl and could possibly let in air.Is this referring to power jet carbs with built in power jets? as the retro fitted ones draw fuel from near the bot of carb bowl.

Re: Power jet or not?

PostPosted: Sat Mar 07, 2015 7:21 pm
by rossclark
Probably, the old Amal ones are certainly on the front and with a fair bit of down draft you might just empty the bowl enough.

Re: Power jet or not?

PostPosted: Sat Mar 07, 2015 7:54 pm
by joe swoonara
i think it must be , i run both my Ts`s with power jets , and indeed both are fed from bottom of the float bowl , never had any problems whatsoever :D

Re: Power jet or not?

PostPosted: Sat Mar 07, 2015 10:10 pm
by jonno
What position do you have your power jet fitted joe? No instructions with kit :( But I read somewhere on the web its about 2 o'clock position.Course I cant find the info again :evil:

Re: Power jet or not?

PostPosted: Mon Mar 09, 2015 2:32 pm
by joe swoonara
sorry for slow reply , mine sits at as you look at it between 1 and 2 o`clock , its on a 30MM PHBH ,if i remember correctly i struggled to get it a 12 o`clock , had the scoot set up on the dyno so no problem with the position , if i can find my camera if post a picture

Re: Power jet or not?

PostPosted: Tue Mar 10, 2015 11:17 am
by corrado
I'm not sure that it matters much where you fit it into the carb mouth as wherever you fit it the feed will be pointing into the centre of the carb but what I did read was that you don't want to fit it onto a curved section as this will point the feed outwards and it'll be less effective. The deeper you can get it into the carb the better, that might mean building up an area on the curve of the carb [with alloy bond] before you fit it.

Re: Power jet or not?

PostPosted: Tue Mar 10, 2015 9:29 pm
by joe swoonara

Re: Power jet or not?

PostPosted: Wed Mar 11, 2015 6:04 pm
by jonno
Many Thanks 8-)