carburetor

Apologies for the long post: I have a Rover 2000 SC. I was stopped at lights and white smoke poured from the middle bottom of the car then cleared. I drove on and two days later experienced loss of power when accelerating, the car buck jumping as the engine faltered before cutting out. It...

I have finally gotten the engine all together and running again (haven't gotten the carbs tuned yet) but I noticed my engine dosent have flame traps on it and I'm having a hard time finding somewhere in NZ that sells them Will I be ok to drive the car for awhile without flame traps? Or am I...