April 2018
Of course that nice old Queenslander,
you know who I mean, Bruce, says,
“The ‘C1W’ needles supplied by Down-
ton were too weak in our climate and I
ended up using ‘ST’ needles. ‘SQ’ were
too rick down low and no good at full
throttle.
ing Herald back in 2016) so use 95 or
98RON octane fuels in the old girl, she’d
love it.
So before you start playing with ben-
zene, paraffins, aromatics, alcohols,
oxygenates and TEL sit back in your old
wingback and have a good read of the
SU Needle Profile Chart handbook.
The cylinder head specialist who con-
verted my head for unleaded fuel ad-
vised that ‘Weslake’ heads (Mini, MGB
& MGC) do NOT like to run lean. If it
were me I would start with ‘ST’ needles.”
Automnal Run
Now MGCers et al, it's about time to go
on another MGC run, put Saturday 5 th
May in your diary and we'll meet at
1.30pm at Beaumont Road, Adelaide,
just off of Greenhill Road.
Also, I’d hope that all current owners
have had their cast iron heads modified
with hardened valve seats to cope with
the higher temperatures of unleaded
fuel. And remember, Australia has the
lowest quality petrol of the 35 countries
in the OECD, below Mexico, Turkey and
Estonia (according to the Sydney Morn-
Remember ladies and gentlemen keep
‘em tuned,
Rich
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