[ROVERNET - UK] Re: TC CARB TUNE

[David Walker]

Where is this available from? :-)  David
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vern Klukas" <vern at inkspotco.com>
To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 3:41 PM
Subject: RE: [ROVERNET - UK] Re: TC CARB TUNE


> At one time I researched fitting DCOE to a P6. The two stumbling
> blocks turned out to the heated manifold water passage and, more
> importantly, not enough room for even a minimal velocity stack and
> airbox without a near 90 degree turn in the manifold (and the
> attendant need for a clearance bulge in the hood).
>
> But it is a wonderful idea, none-the-less.
>
> I would love to fit an electronic fuel to a TC (though then it would
> be a 2000i or something, lol). Aftermarket setups are easily
> available now, there are even a setup that replace SUs more or less
> directly with SU sized throttle body injection units.
>
> Yours
> Vern
>
>
> >I like the DGVs too.  Could almost fit one on the SC.
> >What I have wanted to do to the TC is fit DCOEs.  Reckon it would work
> >beautifully.
> >If I can find a DCOE manifold that gets somewhere near the 45 degree
angle
> >of the TC head I'd go that way, and make an adapter plate.  So far no go.
> >
> >PVS
> >
> >I had a similar experience with the Colortune, but in the end it turned
out
> >that I couldn't get the perfect color because the carb was defective and
not
> >
> >able to get the mixture correct (leaks on the far side of the jet or
> >whatever). Also, on some engines there is always one cylinder which
actually
> >
> >can't be set the same as the others because of the design of the intake
> >manifold or the way it enters the chamber. I don't remember if it was the
TC
> >
> >or one of my old MGs, but the cylinder closest to the firewall was always
> >off.  Of course, the best thing I ever did to the MGB was to install a
> >single
> >Weber DGV. Transformed the car.
> >
> >The Gunson CO meter only measures CO (as the name implies). When I was
> >trying
> >to get my SD1 through inspection, it was easy to dial in the CO, but
> >whenever
> >I did, the NO2 (?) would go out of tolerance on the shop's emissions
> >equipment. There's a tradeoff on that adjustment, as well.
> >
> >Glen
> >
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