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RE: SU HS6 emissions setup

To: "Jerry Shaw" <jcs104@home.com>, <6pack@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: SU HS6 emissions setup
From: "Jon L. Fry" <Jon@Fry.net>
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 15:25:42 -0400
Jerry's e-mail:
jcs104@home.com

The note below says he owns a 66 mk2 spit.  FYI


Jon Fry
TR6 1969 CC26464L
Jon@Fry.net

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of Jerry Shaw
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 9:47 PM
To: 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: SU HS6 emissions setup

Dick
Ok, I figured out that the SUs were not "emissions friendly" by
looking at
the connections. My reason for choosing them is that SUs have been on
every
LBC I've owned, including my other project car, a '66 Spit MKII. I've
had my
UniSyn sitting around since I was in college. So, I didn't want to
mount yet
another kitting learning curve, and my ZS were not functional with
corroded
needles, and all that implies.

Now the issue is how and what to remove, if I'm going to abandon the
emissions stuff.

1) Do I remove the carbon cannister and plug up the hose from the gas
tank?
2) Do I remove or at least unplug the electrical connection to the
anti-runon switch?
3) Do I plug up the the valve cover port and remove all of the
connected
hoses?

If all of the above is possible, seems to me to be a win for the
antique
cars that don't need emissions tests. All I need to do is carefully
wrap up
everything and store it away in case I want to sell my car to a
purist, or a
resident of a state with antique car emissions testing.

Thanks,
Jerry
'74 TR6



Original Message-----
From: "Sally or Dick Taylor" <tr6taylor@webtv.net>
To: "Jerry Shaw" <jcs104@home.com>
Cc: <6pack@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 8:40 PM
Subject: Re: SU HS6 emissions setup


> Jerry---I don't think you'll be able to comply with the emissions
setup
> with the SU HS6 carbs. It is said that this is the reason for going
to
> the ZS, which is further developed along those lines.  That doesn't
mean
> you can't tune the SU to run at the ideal Air/Fuel ratio, when the
SU is
> in good condition. You can. What is missing are ways for all of the
> emission hoses that are on the ZS carbs to connect to, plus the
bypass
> (engine overrun) valve, a port to provide ignition retard vacuum,
and
> such. (You might find a port for vacuum advance, but only the early
> distributors had a pot to use this.)
>
> What the SU is more versatile in, is the needle choices. One has to
know
> what is needed for their particular application, and/or a method to
> check the A/F ratio. Otherwise, there's really no advantage over the
ZS,
> in my opinion, and I have used both types.
>
> Dick T.

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