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tuning
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 12:07 pm
by nashy4
hi can anyone tell me of any good tuning places in the coventry area that wont charge me the earth need my twin carbs doing on my sprint thanxs andy
Re: tuning
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 12:21 pm
by Jon Tilson
Do it yourself.
All you need is a long enough piece of small bore rubber tube and a screwdriver.
There is a guide somewhere that I mostly wrote and others have added to.
Worth saying again....sort out ignition before fiddling with carbs.
Jonners
Re: tuning
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 6:47 pm
by DF
nashy4 wrote:hi can anyone tell me of any good tuning places in the coventry area that wont charge me the earth need my twin carbs doing on my sprint thanxs andy
Your car isnt yellow is it ??
Managed to get a glimpse of one going around the m6 island by fosehill road end.
Re: tuning
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 7:50 pm
by nashy4
no its green i seen a yellow v regd dolly pass my house on saturday about 2pm in radford tht looked in good nick mines very solid but needs a paint job
Re: tuning
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 7:55 pm
by nashy4
ive tried tuning it by wot the haynes manual says but not really had much sucess i have the wax stat jets im i better off replacing them with non wax stat types as ive had problems with these in the past i have a 1850 my sprint but have a pair of sprint carbs are the jets the same cheers andy
Re: tuning
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 7:59 pm
by DF
nashy4 wrote:no its green i seen a yellow v regd dolly pass my house on saturday about 2pm in radford tht looked in good nick mines very solid but needs a paint job
I used to be in Radford top of lydgate hill
You may have seen my red dolomite about
Re: tuning
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 8:07 pm
by nashy4
when did u live there ive only been into dollys for last 6 months
Re: tuning
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 8:22 pm
by DF
For quite a few years top of lydgate hill by the old jag
Im just outside cov now only moved recently
Re: tuning
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 8:27 pm
by nashy4
ok do u still have a dolomite
Re: tuning
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 9:04 pm
by DF
nashy4 wrote:ok do u still have a dolomite
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