[ROVERNET - UK] Re: TC CARB TUNE

[Paul Smith]

45 degrees, no bulge required.
The heating water would be handled by the adapter plate; just a pipe welded
in to feed the heater would do.

PVS

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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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