Ernies Mk 3 using his Raymond Mays Cyl head at Levin
BCE, was a couple years back, thought this was tidy, can not see number 8 wire lol
RM head with six straight induction pipes.
I had a Mk 3 Zodiac with a Raymond Mays 12 port head and a R Mays 78deg overlap cam, it had twin SU carbs.
from memory it had Bedford pistons, some people used Valiant AP5 pistons.
It had a floor shift with a Ford transit gearbox casing with Mk 3 gears fitted (nice short shift)
It was a great car and at the time, I thought it was quick, until I came up against a BDA escort.
I remember when I put my foot hard into it you could see the gas gauge moving!
Are these SU DU carbs?Originally Posted by bce257
Kind of. I always wanted the look of triple carbs but not Webers and preferably not carbs. The original DU6s are impossible to find now and weren't a good carb anyway so I copied the basic look from online pics and reproduced them with modern bits inside.
Apparently SU (Burlen Fuel Systems) is reproducing the originals but it has all gone quiet now after showing some rapid prototyped units at Goodwood a few years ago. I wonder if they found that after all these years, they are still not a good carb. They are also amping up for a release of their fuel injected SU carb this year with all the modern bits hidden inside. Pity they didn't combine those two concepts from the outset, would have saved me a lot of mucking about.
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After 1600miles of punishment on some pretty nasty roads over the last few weeks, the RM head has been the best upgrade ever. It really transforms a lazy underpowered donk into something that can make the speedo needle disappear inside the dash without too much trouble while being docile enough to tow trailer loads of rubbish around the farm. And it makes a fantastic noise.
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Nice !
Loved making similar manifold's " back in the day" & fly cutting the top of MK2 block's to fit bigger valve's
Nice !
In the late '50s, when I was an apprentice panel-beater, a bloke brought in the prototype of a car he wanted to make. It was a nice looking coupe, and he wanted it trimmed.
Under the bonnet there was a Zephyr engine, with a Raymond Mays head...and 3 SUs attached. When it came time to pick up the car, one of my mates asked the owner to give us a 'demo'. He laid 2 strips of rubber up the road, which were a talking point for ages!
Oh, the bloke's name was Bill Buckle...
Just found out Bill Buckle will be 93 soon...and the Buckle will be 60 !
Greg, you might know of the guy who runs the bucklecoupe website, I got my manifolds off him a while ago so quite possible they came off a Buckle at some time.
He has some great racing pics
http://www.bucklecoupe.com.au/gallery201.htm
Yes bce, I do know Bob...he's the one who informed me of 'the birthdays'.
His photo collection is awesome. He sent me some beaut shots of my VW Beetle at Catalina Park, 1963.
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