First Westfield

[Captain Colonial]

Nice car!  Looks familiar but I can’t place it.  I’m not allowed in green cars for SWMBO’s understandable superstition reasons, but I like the black stripe with black wings, nice balance.

 

I used to have twin 40s on my CVH and everything you said is true, huge flat spot at 3-3.2k when starting to accelerate from a light to moderate throttle.  You learn to adapt your driving by either staying in a lower gear to keep the revs up, or stick your foot down harder below those revs!  It’s kind of a Westfield Riverdance, with only your feet and lower legs moving.

 

Converting to throttle bodies eliminated it, but I’m not going to start you on the financially lethal upgradeitis road.  You’ll find that all by yourself.  The weather warms up next week, just get out there and have fun for now!

[charliek]

19 minutes ago, Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman said:

Oh, and a bit of a weird one, but don't think just because the car may only do a few k a year, that things like changing coolant and brake fluid etc every two or three years doesn't matter.

 

Both these fluids are still deteriorating over time whether the car is driven or not.

 

Also, check your fuel hoses, as it's new to you. The increased ethanol in modern fuels is problematic for older hose materials/specifications. This is easily replaced with modern ethanol safe hose, but something to check

Thanks Dave really appreciate your help! I'm going to try and work out what all the major parts are that I have and go from there in terms of servicing and getting people's opinions. Will definitely check things like the hoses but the car is very clean so I would imagine everything like that is in good nick anyway.

[charliek]

29 minutes ago, Scott Young (Captain Colonial) - Club Secretary said:

Nice car!  Looks familiar but I can’t place it.  I’m not allowed in green cars for SWMBO’s understandable superstition reasons, but I like the black stripe with black wings, nice balance.

 

I used to have twin 40s on my CVH and everything you said is true, huge flat spot at 3-3.2k when starting to accelerate from a light to moderate throttle.  You learn to adapt your driving by either staying in a lower gear to keep the revs up, or stick your foot down harder below those revs!  It’s kind of a Westfield Riverdance, with only your feet and lower legs moving.

 

Converting to throttle bodies eliminated it, but I’m not going to start you on the financially lethal upgradeitis road.  You’ll find that all by yourself.  The weather warms up next week, just get out there and have fun for now!

Good to know it's normal then haha, and yeh I think the trick is slowly applying the throttle at low revs or just not being anywhere near low revs in the first place! ITBs can come when I win the lottery or something similar 

[MR.C]

Accelerator pump or accelerator pump jet sizes checking.

[evosteve]

Well worth finding somebody local to you, check the set up and tune if required. It shouldn't be too much of a gap as you accelerate. Vauxhall XE on 45's. Start without choke, two pumps of the accelerator and keep the revs up until warmed up a bit.

[Flying Carrot Steve]

On 07/02/2023 at 13:10, charliek said:

Thank you - it doesn't feel like a major issue but just wanted to see if it was a 'known problem' and was signs of something bad - just sounds like a general thing with carbs/Webers that they are tricky to setup. I'm just not used to driving with carbs as you say so that won't help either!

My 2 litre pinto was the same on twin 40s. They don't tend to like being floored at low revs I found. I always just drop down a gear and then floor it

[SXRORY]

I second Dave's fuel lines comment. a few months into ownership I was under there and thought they look crispy. 😁 I had a wiggle and thought "I need to change them"

Started the car and the wiggle was the death nail. Fuel on the floor. Replaced them all with nice pipe and clips, not something I had done before but relatively straight forward and the baptism of things I have since attempted having not done so before. 

 

Nice car and welcome to the club !