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Re: HS6's on TR6

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Subject: Re: HS6's on TR6
From: "mcgibney" <mcgibney@attcanada.ca>
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 23:59:19 -0600
References: <a05100302b7fb39b95418@[216.228.173.189]> <3BD5A43B.EC50B3D1@earthlink.net>
Can't shed much more light either, except that the carbs will still function
OK even with the bowls tilted; one of our club members swapped a pair of
HS6s from a Volvo (looks to be about the same angle as TR4A bowls) into his
GT6 without changing the grommet and has had no problems.

Scott
>
> I really can't comment on what the problem is in this case.  The level
> of fuel at the jet does vary a fair amount with changing attitude,
> hopefully the jet design is fairly insensitive to fuel level.  It does
> seem that a low float setting does not make much difference to my H6
> carbs, except perhaps on hills and turns.  I do know that the HS6 carbs
> had interchangeable bushings to set the angle of the float bowl relative
> to the carb body.  Since the TR7 motor is slanted to one side, it may be
> that the carbs were also tilted, and the TR6 requires different
> bushings.
>
> Randall

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