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Thank you. I thought you'd have something to say about the split manifold, but that's okay, I'll do it anyway. I'd heard about that problem with Pro-Jection, so I designed the "splitter" I put in the plenum so that it would tend to shear and hopefully re-attach liquid fuel. Also, I welded a partial water jacket under the manifold. And manifolds on these engines tend to get quite hot anyway due to proximity to the exhaust manifold. Finally, this engine will rarely see WOT.
Are you aware of the poor reputation, deserved or not, that SU carbs have in this country? Have you done an article or thread on the subject? You demonstrated in your book that they can work very well, but why then are there aftermarket kits sold here to owners of old Brit-cars who want to switch to a whole range of alternatives to the SUs that were factory-engineered into their cars? I'm a contrarian, and would be delighted to show off an American engine running happily with a row of those impossible SUs, but I'd need to know a lot more.
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