Re: Euro 105 air cannister

[Dana Loomis <dloomis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>I was poking around on my 69 Spider Jr. and noticed
>that there are 2 settings for the stock carb air cannister. 
>The "E" position opens a vent that points to the engine and 
>the "I" closes that and opens to a tube that points down. At 
>first I assumed that the E was for summer operation and the "I" 
>was for winter with a tube (missing) that picked up engine
>heat from somewhere else in the engine bay. But now I'm 
>thinking that I may have it backwards and that the missing 
>tubing might provide cold air from the behind the grill. 

The first guess was right.  The E is for summer ("estate") and the I is for winter ("inverno").  There should be a corrugated plastic hose between the air box and a fitting on the block.  

For what it's worth, this particular style of air box seems to have been used only in 1968 and '69.  Later carbed 105s had an air box with an elongated snorkel pointing toward the grill, similar to the one used on Alfettas.

Dana Loomis
'69 Giulia Super
'71 Giulia Super
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