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What was your setup before? Do you notice a significant difference?Correct. I just bought one this summer and installed it this past week.
Yeah, I contacted him. He wants $320 plus shipping. Ouch!This manifold looks very muchs like a manifold that belong to the so called Webcon conversion and is designed through a cooperation between both Webcon and the Sunbeam Alpine Owners Club in the UK. This conversion is supplied by Alpine Innovations i.e. Jerome Senn.
Regards,
Peter
What was your setup before? Do you notice a significant difference?
Yeah, I contacted him. He wants $320 plus shipping. Ouch!
Although the testing for this kit has been executed with the use of a 1725 cc engine the jetting is the same for a 1592 cc engine and it works! My Rapier has a 1592 cc engine and my brothers Alpine has a 1725 cc engine and we use the same jetting which comes with the kit.
The jetting is as follows:
Primary main jet:14o
Secondary main jet: 135
Primary air correction: 165
Secondary air correction:160
Primary idle jet: 52
Secondary idle jet: 50
Primary emulsion tube: F6
Secondary emulsion tube: F6
I use an electric fuel pump with 3 lbs/inch pressure, but this kit runs fine without problemas if the standard fuel pump is used.
What I nearly forgot to tell is that you should better blank off the hole for PCV valve because the oil damp frustrates the mixture for cylinder 4 with the result of stalling when waiting for instance for a traffic light. It took me days to find out that the PCV valve was the culprit and later on Tim Raymond in the UK found the prove of it when his Alpine was tested on a rolling road. Jerome Senn will provide a grub screw to blank off the hole, this grub screw has the same thread as the one in the backside of the manifold where you could connect a hose for a vacuum gauge which I did. The engine breathing system can be altered in different ways.
Regards,
Peter
Although the testing for this kit has been executed with the use of a 1725 cc engine the jetting is the same for a 1592 cc engine and it works! My Rapier has a 1592 cc engine and my brothers Alpine has a 1725 cc engine and we use the same jetting which comes with the kit.
The jetting is as follows:
Primary main jet:14o
Secondary main jet: 135
Primary air correction: 165
Secondary air correction:160
Primary idle jet: 52
Secondary idle jet: 50
Primary emulsion tube: F6
Secondary emulsion tube: F6
I use an electric fuel pump with 3 lbs/inch pressure, but this kit runs fine without problemas if the standard fuel pump is used.
What I nearly forgot to tell is that you should better blank off the hole for PCV valve because the oil damp frustrates the mixture for cylinder 4 with the result of stalling when waiting for instance for a traffic light. It took me days to find out that the PCV valve was the culprit and later on Tim Raymond in the UK found the prove of it when his Alpine was tested on a rolling road. Jerome Senn will provide a grub screw to blank off the hole, this grub screw has the same thread as the one in the backside of the manifold where you could connect a hose for a vacuum gauge which I did. The engine breathing system can be altered in different ways.
Regards,
Peter
Please report back when you get the car out. I will be interested hearing in how this compares to the Conversion Tuning Centre Ltd. manifold.I’ve literally JUST installed this new one and I’m doing a host of other repairs and component rebuilds at the same time, so it will be a couple of weeks before I give it a run.