What's an original S2 like compared to a Caterham...

[Al N.]

Just asking. 'Cause, you know...

 

Serious observations from anyone who has driven or owned both would be very welcome. (Yes, Jon C., this means no slagging the ability of the S2 frame to handle massive amounts of POWAH!!!!)

 

I'd also be interested in hearing what a carbed car is like vs. an injection car.

 

[Boxologist]

whydon'chyafindoutandtellus.

 

Morgan jumped in both feet.

Hit up tony V. may be part of his vast knowledge.

[southwind25]

carbed VS injection?

 

having had webers and S.U.s and never injection (except my work cars):

 

carbs have a cost advantage upon purchase. however they suck MUCH more petrol so that cost may be lost as you add up the miles.. carbs Are not near as efficent in any way. carbs are "dirty", they spit and hack and make a mess sometimes. Carbs have many more moving parts to wear out...injection has many more remote parts to find a place to mount. starting when cold,,or hot..is a diffrent animal than injection. injection seems like it could be lighter hardware-wise. webers are heavy. S.U.s take up a bunch of space. (anything that looks like an S.U. but isnt. is usually pretty awful. )

 

you need a computer-software, expensive equipment to tune an injected car.

 

a monkey with a flat butter knife , rock , and old garden hose can tune an S.U.....(i did for 25 odd years)

 

weber carbs are black magic and very finicky...i hear sacrificing blood to the weber gods works best. they are expensive to tune needing a jet for everything.

 

if i could afford injection..i wouldnt even think about carbs, unless it was some vintage thing i wanted to keep vintage..

i would love to have injection on my car...but uhhh...i dont think it would be real savy putting the time-effort-budget into injecting a 1600 x-flow.

 

 

 

 

[stevet]

Al, injection is wonderful in a 'don't have to think about it (until it goes wrong)' kind of way.

 

But I still miss my old twin webers - they had soul, man...

 

:yesnod:

[solder_guy]

I rebuilt my standard 40 mm dual Mikuni Solex carbs two years ago for my Toyota 2TG Rotus engine .. super easy to rebuild .. and these carbs have a reputation to be super easy to syncronize and tune .. and stay in tune ..

 

.. but I'm talking about the Japanese flavors here ...

 

Rob