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To: mocharand5@aol.com
Subject: Re: (no subject)
From: "Robert M. Lang" <lang@isis.mit.edu>
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 11:36:12 -0400 (EDT)
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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