On Sun, 9 Jun 2002 mocharand5@aol.com wrote:
> Anyone had experience boring TR6 1.75 carbs? I'm going to be the Ginnie pig.
> I was thinking of oval boring the carburetor piston on the top side 2 to 3mm.
> Doing this I also need to shorten the length of the piston so it goes up
> higher.
> One step more would be to increase the butter fly area and make larger
> butter flies.
> Anyone done this?
> Is thinner oil in the carb piston better for compitetion?
> This is all new to me with cars.
> It works on snowmobile engines.
> I realize were not comparing apples for apples.
> Tom Rand
> 1970 TR6
Don't bother.
The Triumph racers have tried everything and always come back to the stock
setup or Webers. If you're absolutely dead-set on "improving things", then
try a set of triple Strombergs.
regards,
rml
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