Is there anyone close to Eastbourne who wants to save my ass...?

cheers Stu, there still isnt many places offering the degree, ive got a massive commute three times a week, not driving cos it'd cost a fortune...!! trains and bike it is!! anyway, the carbs are weber twin 40 DCOEs, jetted for a nova sport, (this was when i wanted to run them on my 1300 engine, but since swapped to a 1400, i will re-jet them to suit better soon, i did have it running, just pretty lean... and the timing is all over the place... i didnt know 40s had vac lines? i havnt seen a hose joiner anywhere on them...?

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178 between automotive/motorsport my year at uni lol

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What uni are you at/did you go to??!

Brookes

Lucky you, id rather go there, but i like my comfort zone a bit too much! and i got into Northbrook with a PPP national diploma... unconditional...!!

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178 between automotive/motorsport my year at uni lol

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I meant 2-3 unis/glorified colleges offering it ;)

I managed to get my course to mix enough into the M/Sport degree without getting too involved as it was run badly and they loved the formula stupid (oops student) project too much.

most 40's will have a tube coming off them that would take a vac line to the dizzy. Just block those off and leave the dizzy one free to air.
What fuel pump/regulator setup have you got?

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I managed to get my course to mix enough into the M/Sport degree without getting too involved as it was run badly and they loved the formula stupid (oops student) project too much.

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I was pretty disappointed by that too, as the formula schools is actually half decent, ok all the cars are a bit botched up cos no one knows what they're doing with them, but it was a decent enough competition and actual racing (sort of :p), not how fast can you drive in a circle until the fuel runs out lol

im only running the standard mech pump atm, but the sport ran them with no trouble, my mates did with a kent ast2... revved to 8500rpm apparently... i want to get the bottom end strengthened up and some new shells and rings before i put a facet on them... i havnt seen any tubes that look like vacuum tubes anywhere on my carbs... and my vacuum advance does work, i spent months and months hunting for a spanking new one so the diaphragm inside wasnt fooked... that was when i was running the dreaded pierburg 2E3...

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I was pretty disappointed by that too, as the formula schools is actually half decent, ok all the cars are a bit botched up cos no one knows what they're doing with them, but it was a decent enough competition and actual racing (sort of :p), not how fast can you drive in a circle until the fuel runs out lol

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The formula team at this college do pretty well as far as im aware, they finished in the top 5 so ive been told... they race at brands...

forumla ren is not formula student ;)


You might be pushing too much fuel itno the carbs, you still need a fuel pressure reg after the pump but before the carbs, set to 3-4psi

and they're not registered as an entry in formula student either, just looked it up as I'd not heard of them before and if they were top 5 runners I'm sure they would have been mentioned. Also found the course I think you're doing, Motorsport foundation 2 years? I did a 1 year course at brookes as a substitute for my low A levels/AS levels instead, although mines a HND to get onto the degree stage, it's a weird looking course being a year shorter and only foundation when it's course code everywhere else relates to automotive engineering at BEng level. I'd dig around some more make sure you know what's going on/are happy with it.

The formula renault thing you've probably got the wrong end of the stick and they have a student who is sponsored by renault to be there or drives for them etc, we've got a couple as well.