mightyohm
Donation Time
Hey all. It's been a while, but I am working on the Sunbeam again, trying to sort out carb and exhaust issues.
I decided to see if a set of series V Strombergs would fit my series II with 1725 engine. The carbs fit, but the air filter for the rear carb won't fit because it interferes with the fender brace.
I'm guessing that the fender cross brace changed locations sometime between the series 2 and series 5? I found some photos of series 5 engine bays and it seems like the brace mounts to the firewall about 2 or 3 inches further towards the drivers side of the car.
This photo shows the issue - the air filter is as far back as the cross brace will allow. You can just see the rearmost mounting hole on the rear carb, just to the right of the filter housing. The filter would need to move down and a couple more inches to the right in order for the mounting holes to line up.
Surely I'm not the first person to run into this?
I decided to see if a set of series V Strombergs would fit my series II with 1725 engine. The carbs fit, but the air filter for the rear carb won't fit because it interferes with the fender brace.
I'm guessing that the fender cross brace changed locations sometime between the series 2 and series 5? I found some photos of series 5 engine bays and it seems like the brace mounts to the firewall about 2 or 3 inches further towards the drivers side of the car.
This photo shows the issue - the air filter is as far back as the cross brace will allow. You can just see the rearmost mounting hole on the rear carb, just to the right of the filter housing. The filter would need to move down and a couple more inches to the right in order for the mounting holes to line up.
Surely I'm not the first person to run into this?
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