Whack the SUs on, i found them to be a good intermediate carb and you'll
gain a fairly noticeable power increase. Leave the L18 head on there, you
wont gain anything with the other one, im pretty sure the l16 valves/ports
are smaller.
FOXY
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> From: Chris Halpin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Head - manifolds etc
> Date: Friday, 24 March 2000 7:19
>
> Although I'm sure these are stoopid questions, and ones that I should
know
> the answers to, I don't, and before I pull my engine apart, I think I
should
> get reassurance that I'm not going to be too dissappointed, so:
>
> 1. The stock head on the L16; is it totally interchangable with the L18 -
> i.e. is it possible to put the L16 head on an L18 block without having to
> modify anything (Mounting holes etc), and if so, is it a good (well
actually
> cheap - I have one sitting at home) way of raising the compression.
Also,
> does anyone know any figures of peformance/compression ratios who has
done
> this?
>
> 2. The manifolds and twin SU's on an L16; can they be used on an L18 for
> again a cheap temporary solution to more power? Or are the manifolds and
or
> carbies different on the different engine models?
>
> The thing is, I have an L18 (sadly - stock) engine in my 510 at the
moment,
> and have a complete L16 sitting in my garden with twin SU's, and am
looking
> for any way to make my L18 peform better than it currently is, without
> spending big, medium or even small bucks!!(Paying off a debt at the
> moment)!! Any suggestions that aren't too complex would be EXTREMELY
> helpful, becuase it's kind of sad to have a reasonably new 2.25 inch
exhaust
> and genie extractors for such a sad case of a slow-go engine!!
>
> Thanks heaps - chris - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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