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On Saturday 5 October 2024 at 19:58:40 GMT-7, Gordon Reddy via Rovernet <rovernet@rovernet.org> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydp564c9920yiv9066423045"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:large;" class="ydp564c9920yiv9066423045gmail_default">Yes, thats what I remember, rpm related lean mixture and engine damage. Thanks Steve!</div><div style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:large;" class="ydp564c9920yiv9066423045gmail_default">Gord<br clear="none"></div></div><br clear="none"><div id="ydp564c9920yiv9066423045yqt84767" class="ydp564c9920yiv9066423045yqt1531326748"><div class="ydp564c9920yiv9066423045gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="ydp564c9920yiv9066423045gmail_attr">On Sat, 5 Oct 2024 at 10:30, Steven Dibdin <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:sdibdin@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sdibdin@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;" class="ydp564c9920yiv9066423045gmail_quote"><div>There’s some evidence that they went for the 2” Days because harmonics at higher revs caused the pistons to drop in 1.75” carbs. That leaned out the mixed and burnt holes in the engine pistons. The larger carbs could handle the resonance and stay stable. <br clear="none" id="ydp564c9920yiv9066423045m_8955987948663567688lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Sent from a small screen, please excuse any typos. </div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"><blockquote type="cite">On Oct 5, 2024, at 13:14, Gordon Reddy via Rovernet <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:rovernet@rovernet.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">rovernet@rovernet.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:large;" class="ydp564c9920yiv9066423045gmail_default">Hi All,</div><div style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:large;" class="ydp564c9920yiv9066423045gmail_default"> I am sure this question has been regularly posted in the past but here it is again. Why the 2" carbs on a 2 litre engine? Rover never did anything without a good reason. I believe I read somewhere in the dim, dark past it was because of a lean spot in the rpm range???</div><div style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:large;" class="ydp564c9920yiv9066423045gmail_default">Cheers,</div><div style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:large;" class="ydp564c9920yiv9066423045gmail_default">Gord<br clear="none"></div></div>
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