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Cheers for that badger , yeah you've put a few myths to bed there :lol: The mallory comes with a ridiculous advance curve - I'm fed up taking it apart and f'ing with springs , only thing going for it over the lucas is it's not 30 years old . Yeah , sold by a salesman right enough :lol: Ta much for t...

Cheers Marki , Andrew and Kevin , really apreciate the replies , thanks . I've got the offroad needle kit in the Webber and it works great going up and down hills . After advice from Webber i've also lowered the float level a wee bit which definetely helped . On sideslopes it's not that good mind .....

Thanks very much Chris and Mike , cheers . Aye , I was thinking about that carb after I posted :? . The carb wasn't set up on a rolling road at all . I tried the next size up needles / or jets and it was definetely too rich . I also tried the softer springs on the current needles and it was too rich...

Thanks very much gents , aye , I wish i'd just bought a 4.6 and saved myself all the bother :oops: . My heads are RPI stage 1 and I don't think there is anything massively mentol about them , just mildly ported clean heads . I do have a doubt about the cam , it came invoiced as an RP4 but the box wa...

Been thinking about detuning my old Rangie based 4x4 . It's a 3.5 on 9.75 pistons , 4 branch manifolds and stage 1 heads on carbs. At the moment i believe I have an RP4 cam in it , i've not a lot of mid range power but when it gets to 3000 rpm it comes on song with a bang . Not a lot of use on a mud...

Just read this thread and I have my own very similar experiences to share . I have a 3.5 with Webber 500 , stage 1 heads , 9.35 CR , mallory unilite , 4 branch manifolds and all that good stuff. I also have the piper cam which i am assuming is an old one and it is fitted to a land rover offroader . ...

Thanks very much Eliot and Mike for the responses . That is pretty much the conclusion that i was thinking myself :oops: . What is annoying is that part of the reason that i bought the carb was reading of it's amazing offroad credentials on a certain UK based RV8 specialists website . Well now i kno...

Been having a read of this thread and it has really helped my own problems out . I am using a mallory unilite which came with a two stage advance curve . I'd get pinking at 2,000 rpm whenever i tried to run a static advance above 8 deg . The car was as dull as dishwater untill i hit 3000 rpm this wa...

Hi Gents , been lurking on the forum for a while - excellent site . I have an offroad Landy with an RV8 fitted with a new Weber/ Edel 500 . I have fitted the offroad needle kit but seemed to get starvation on the steeper climbs :oops: . I removed the offroad needles and seats and now get flooding on...