Hey all,

I want to get an engine running on the floor before i swap the grearbox on it.

Problem is, i dont have a matching carby and manifold for it at the moment.

Would i be able to run it by spraying something like start-ya-bastard directly into the manifold?

Or is that a dumb idea?

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1975 Hairy Lime/White Clubby
Build Thread: http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=80657

lol, nope, not gonna work

you'll get a crack and a spit, but not much else

Nev will lend you something

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did I tell you that I won a trophy?

Ha ha, if you do try it , we want it on video.

damn,

well, guess i better find a HS4 manifold then

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1975 Hairy Lime/White Clubby
Build Thread: http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=80657

Start-ya-bastard injection

You could do it but you would need some sort of throttle or choke.

I have run injected cars without a computer or fuel pump by filling the air filter with petrol and letting it suck the fumes. (but they don't run very well!)

Be sure to look right down the inlet, nice and close while you do this.

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1970 Cooper S ex-Bathurst & ATCC
1964 Austin Cooper S ex-Group C race car
1967 Morris Cooper S ex-Group B
1962 Mini Speed sports sedan
1968-71 ex-Peter Manton Shell car

It worked on my other old car before I rebuilt the carby, a little spray every couple of seconds keeps it going.. Just be careful of backfires, which gets very interesting!

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When I worked for API we used to start injected jap engines by using a spray bottle of petrol, just a spray every now and then to keep them running. Then we could say they were "tested"

That's awesome , who would of thought to do that !