[Rovernet] 3.5 to 3.9?
Kent Kinard
kkinard at att.net
Tue Mar 15 12:01:08 EDT 2016
Ben Saunders via Rovernet wrote:
> Dermont,
> You can call me an old foggie but I got 26 MPG and much greater
> performance with a Carter 500 CFM carburettor and no trouble. That was
> the original fuel system for that engine and what Rover started off
> with (well almost, they had a Rochester quadrajet on their prototype
> P6). We had a 62 F85 when I was younger and it would fly with a 2 barrel.
> Ben Saunders
Hi Ben,
I, too, had a 62 F85, but it was a Jetfire...a lovely hand grenade. The
Olds and Buick came standard with a Rochester 2V or optional Rochester
4-Jet (not a Quadrajet, which was a spread bore carb) The 200HP Skylark
engine was a Buick response to the Jetfire and it had a Carter AFB and
different camshaft. The intake manifold for the Carter also had larger
throttle bores. These early AFB's used a smaller air horn than later AFB's.
If anyone is interested in playing with the Jetfire turbo, I have most
of the parts (turbo, carb, intake manifold) and would part with them for
a nominal sum. It is worth noting that these turbos spool in the
opposite direction from later Buick V6 turbos. I also have a Jetfire
block and heads.
Roverly,
Kent K.
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