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I've recently acquired a pair of stromberg cd125 carbs for my latest mini engine and would like to rebuild them before fitting.
Does anyone know where I can get a rebuild kit at reasonable money?
A guy on eBay does a kit for the triumph gt6, how much of this kit woul fit my carbs?
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MrSpeedy
East Midlands
www.vintagediesels.co.uk
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Dec 23, 2011 12:54:43 GMT
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Does anyone know where I can get a rebuild kit at reasonable money? A guy on eBay does a kit for the triumph gt6, how much of this kit woul fit my carbs? Not much. The GT6 uses CD150's ! Andrew Turner is about the most helpful and reasonable supplier for carb spares. He also has an E-Bay shop |
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Stromberg rebuildBenzBoy
@benzboy
Club Retro Rides Member 7
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Dec 23, 2011 16:28:39 GMT
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Andrew Turner is great - a really helpful, knowledgeable bloke!
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djefk
Part of things
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Hello Ministrone (gotta love the name btw!),
I'm wondering what your line of thought is re: fitting these and what you're trying to achieve by fitting them I ask as SU's (not Strombergs) are a very similar design in principle and were always fitted to the A series engine in your mini as standard, whether in single or twin carb format. I'm sure you know this already? There are also a far better range of needles for SU's available too I believe, which will be important when you come to set the thing up.
As an aside, David Vizard did some extensive testing on carb setups and concluded that a pair of twin SU's offered no real performance gains over a larger single SU setup - Of course the latter is easier to keep in tune. Again, as SU's are so similar in principle to Strombergs I believe it's safe to assume this conclusion would carry over.
Apologies if I've not been at all helpful, but thought I'd share my thoughts on this JIC ;-)
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Last Edit: Dec 26, 2011 6:02:54 GMT by djefk
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Dec 31, 2011 10:00:27 GMT
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I suppose I chose these carbs just to be a bit different. I've been playing with minis now for 20 years on and off and always used SUs. (Exept for one reece fish). My current car is a 1966 Mk1 and the Strombergs were a period mod offered by Alexander engineering called the Alexpress kit. (I love this sort of thing).  Vizards book recommmends a 5A needle and blue spring for a similar engine spec to mine and these are available but if I have to vary from that I might be in a world of pain. I agree Su's would make much more sense in terms of parts availablity and ease of set up, and I may yet go that way. I'll ring round a few places first. Thanks for the help guys. |
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