Is that the same manufacturer as the engine used on the new Morgan?
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Hi Ian
S&S were and after market manufacturer of parts for Harley, that eventually got bought out by HD to bring the profits in house.
The carb comes in a variety of sizes, and was also liked by people such as me for a simple draw through turbo system when drag racing.
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Perhaps confusing S&S for Buell, in regards to the point about being bought by HD?
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Hello Max, Did I see a pair on your bike ? 1968 ish, Cheers Bill.
Back in the day , in the 60s the guys running fuel especially nitro were having trouble getting enough fuel to engine. The
float bowls were not big enough to maintain a proper float level. The big inchers were burning 2 gallons of fuel in 8 to 9 seconds.
S / S Hired a drag racer named Leo Pane to develop a carb that would do the job. Leo had already took the carb S/S had made to replace the Linkert used on early Harleys by adding a extra float bowl making two. The floats had been enlarged and the needle and seats were huge. The
carb developed by Leo and made by s/s became famous and became one of S/S line of racing goodies for Harley Davidson. The S/S carb shown on Mals bike is new in design , easy to tune and works real well on Vincents. The answer to your question Bill is no. you are probably referring to the carbs I made for the Mag monster. Those carbs were off a p-500 two stroke 4 cylinder Navy fire fighting water pump. Lots of mods to make them work on 75 percent nitro, I recently gave those too John Hanson . As far as I know S/S never has relinquished ownership
of the S/S carb.
Cheers
float bowls were not big enough to maintain a proper float level. The big inchers were burning 2 gallons of fuel in 8 to 9 seconds.
S / S Hired a drag racer named Leo Pane to develop a carb that would do the job. Leo had already took the carb S/S had made to replace the Linkert used on early Harleys by adding a extra float bowl making two. The floats had been enlarged and the needle and seats were huge. The
carb developed by Leo and made by s/s became famous and became one of S/S line of racing goodies for Harley Davidson. The S/S carb shown on Mals bike is new in design , easy to tune and works real well on Vincents. The answer to your question Bill is no. you are probably referring to the carbs I made for the Mag monster. Those carbs were off a p-500 two stroke 4 cylinder Navy fire fighting water pump. Lots of mods to make them work on 75 percent nitro, I recently gave those too John Hanson . As far as I know S/S never has relinquished ownership
of the S/S carb.
Cheers
Terry Prince has received no OFFICIAL confirmation that his record has been "stripped". His bike passed scrutineering and he has not been served with a notice.
Max are the S&S carbs too big for use on the road, from memory they are about 2" at the flange. I like the thumb-wheel screws holding the float chambers on Mals bike, I wish i'd thought of them for my concentrics when trying to sort them, still I can make some now.
And what are those Cloth bits hanging down the sides ? Cheers Bill.
Hi Bill
I have run 40 mm on a street Vincent, the engine was happy with that size.
I have run 40 mm on a street Vincent, the engine was happy with that size.