I Might Have Solved The Problem With My Huge V12

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• CU

  @culturevulture3382 · 2 months ago

  Great to have another V12 episode.

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• BL

  @blackhouseengineering5386 · 2 months ago

  You're missing a trick Mr. B. Simply stick a big Bentleyesque blower on it and hang the carbs out in the breeze😂

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• MO

  @Mopar46 · 2 months ago

  I had a Rivera SU carby mounted on a 45 degree manifold, on &nbsp;my Shovelhead Harley.<br> First it faced forwards, and ran fine. Then I ran it facing backwards, purely so the intake <br>was under my thigh, and the rain couldn&apos;t get in. [flipped the manifold over.]<br>It worked beautifully, pointing in either direction.

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• EA

  @earlelf3142 · 2 months ago

  👍

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• RU

  @russelltalbot · 1 month ago

  I&apos;ll put in another vote for 6 SU&apos;s - subject to firing order issues which I think were common on inline sixes.

• JP

  @jplacroix461 · 2 months ago

  Love your choice of carbs! As a lifelong British car fan, I’m a huge sucker for Skinner&apos;s Union side-drafts. About 25 years ago, I built an overbored inline-six TR6 engine with a hot Dema Elgin camshaft. I hated the stock Zenith-Strombergs on my &apos;73, and knew they couldn&apos;t feed the new build. So, I bored and ported the stock intake manifold from 1.75&quot; to 2&quot; and bolted on a pair of SU HD8s from a Jaguar XKE .It took plenty of fiddling, but once sorted, that glorified cast-iron tractor engine ran like a scalded cat! Can&apos;t wait to see your build progress. Keep up the great work. Cheers, JP

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• AN

  @anomamos9095 · 2 months ago

  Putting the carbs below the exhaust on either side of the block would also work . I think there might be aircraft or old Bentley race engines that do it like that.

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• SC

  @scottgraham9205 · 2 months ago

  To help heat soak from the exhausts, try getting them ceramic coated, it makes quite the difference.

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• PE

  @peterbonnez · 2 months ago

  Looking good.

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• GE

  @geraldbrockhaus7371 · 2 months ago

  Thanks for the great video❤

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• NI

  @nigeltoon1848 · 2 months ago

  Looking good!

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• NO

  @northlandrider5396 · 2 months ago

  My 1958 Triumph Thunderbird was the last year to be factory fitted with an SU carb. &nbsp;Very economical on 650cc. &nbsp;Probably less so on 8,100cc. 🤣👍

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