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Triple SU's


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I saw a Z with a triple SU set up in the old Z car magazine. Looked pretty good, except for the fact the manifold had to be fabricted form scratch, luckily the guy that did it had a father who owned a shop that was capable of melting down scrap aluminum and cast him a new one. The car was up for sale on Ebay not long ago, but don't know if it sold or not. it really was a sweet car. If I remember right he had used a 240 crank in a 280 block for a really short stroke, high revving engine. I'll look for the mag when I get home and try to post a little more info.

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Seeing triple SUs on a Z would be kind of cool. However, I'm not sure you'd ever get a 2.4L motor to need so much air that the extra carb would help much - I guess when you were turning 8000 RPMs you could have all three carbs half open?

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Probably not as noticable on a 240, however once you move to a 280 I would suspect that there would have to be a difference.

Reading between the lines of your reply, I'm getting the feeling that your of the opinion that triple carbs on a 240 would be a waste of time and money?

I guess it opens up a can of worms, is there anyone out there that did just that, without altering any other aspect of the engine and can comment on the performance aspect?

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I have been running the tripple Webers, with the only other mod being headers. I can assure you that there is a performance improvement.. Though I can not say how much.. The biggest thing I see is much is the engine is a much more responsive throttle... And of course they sound great.

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Why would you want to? If the answer is because you can.... then great...go empty your wallet.

Triple side drafts are a proven mod and most likely a cheaper option.

The standard SU will flow pretty well with different jets even with a standard L28. But if you have a wild L28 then get the bored by Rebello. Not sure how much they charge but might be worth a email query to them though.

Stick with the obvious.

Just my 2cents......:classic:

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My opinion on the triple carbs is as follows:

A 2.4 litre engine is cable of processing 296.6 CFM of air at 7,000 RPM. A stock Hitachi SU will flow at 150 CFM, and since there are 2 of them, that's 300 CFM. For a motor that can not turn more than 7K RPM. what good will the 3rd carb do? (Unless you have a more direct air path to the cylinder, maybe.)

If the engine turned 8,000 RPM, the engine can process 339 CFM of air - in that case more carburation is needed, and Triple SUs would be a cool set up.

So my opinion is that unless you're making major engine changes, a triple carb set up is overkill.

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