Triple Su's setup

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Hi All,

Just musing really but has anyone tried putting triples on their 3l?

It looks like there is the space. But not sure a manifold exists out there and if the fuel pump can cut the mustard.

Really just thinking out loud and wondering if anyone cared to offer their thoughts...

Cheers

Damian

[Phil Nottingham]

Not sure what gain you get - Rover tried twin SU's (as they were fitted to P4 105s) and it made only a slight addition to power output. They concluded the set-up expense in future maintenance and warraty did not warrant this. A triple set up would have been even more troublesome.

The original 5 bearing IOE engine used in the 1948 P3 75 had the Triple carbs on some set-ups - thsi had the cast-iron 1 piece manifold/head assembley.

The Westlake separate manifold /alloy head probably extracted the max useable power from the engine in its it final 7 bearing format