- 1. PI (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 17:06:19 -0700
- What models of Triumph did come with PI? Was there ever a system on the TR4? Just trying to expand my triumph knowledge. Joe 59 TR3 Still on blocks, still waiting for parts
- /html/triumphs/2004-03/msg00760.html (7,082 bytes)
- 2. RE: PI (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 17:03:42 -0800
- Quite a few in the UK, but the only ones imported to the US were the late TR7 and TR8. No, it was new on the TR5. And was the reason given why the US never got the TR5 ... the tailpipe emissions wer
- /html/triumphs/2004-03/msg00764.html (7,654 bytes)
- 3. Re: PI (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 01:14:53 -0000
- Hi Joe PI Came on 2.5PI MKI Saloon and Estate 132 BHP 2.5PI MKII Saloon and Estate 132 BHP Early 125 BHP Late TR5 150 BHP TR6 150 BHP Early 132 BHP Late The numbers are from the deep dark recesses of
- /html/triumphs/2004-03/msg00766.html (8,167 bytes)
- 4. RE: PI (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 20:01:11 -0800
- ....the tailpipe emissions were pretty bad and apparently no one at Lucas or Triumph could figure out how to clean them up. Randall, I had always heard that the camshaft and compression ratio were th
- /html/triumphs/2004-03/msg00770.html (7,592 bytes)
- 5. RE: PI (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 08:27:01 -0500
- Message text written by "Hugh Barber" ....the tailpipe emissions were pretty bad and apparently no one at Lucas or Triumph could figure out how to clean them up. Randall, I had always heard that the
- /html/triumphs/2004-03/msg00777.html (8,860 bytes)
- 6. Re: PI (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 11:39:28 -0700
- Maybe this just adds to the mythology, but my understanding was that fuel injection was entertained by the factory as a means of doing two things--keeping the power up (which was an issue for the fac
- /html/triumphs/2004-03/msg00786.html (9,210 bytes)
- 7. Re: PI (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 20:10:01 -0000
- Hi Dave The Lucas PI is only regulated by air flow, by using manifold depression, there is no adjustment to the delivery for engine speed, yes the metering unit turns faster as the engine turns faste
- /html/triumphs/2004-03/msg00791.html (8,010 bytes)
- 8. RE: PI (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 13:27:45 -0800
- Graham, I'm almost certain that the fuel flow remains relatively constant *per firing* as determined by the displacement of the metering pump. Otherwise, there would be a huge variation in mixture (
- /html/triumphs/2004-03/msg00793.html (7,898 bytes)
- 9. Re: PI (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 22:44:44 -0000
- Hi Randall I can assure you that there is no correlation between rpm and fuel flow, there is a fixed end and a moving end to the fuel shuttle, the only control for the moving end is by vacuum, more v
- /html/triumphs/2004-03/msg00794.html (9,100 bytes)
- 10. RE: PI (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 16:31:45 -0800
- But isn't the motion of the shuttle itself derived from engine rpm ? One stroke per cylinder firing ? (Or perhaps it's 3 strokes per revolution, I'm not clear on whether there is 1 shuttle or 6.) I'
- /html/triumphs/2004-03/msg00797.html (7,818 bytes)
- 11. Re: PI (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 09:26:13 -0000
- Hmm. Petrol injection on the one hand - fast idle problems on a 2500S saloon engine on the other - and both being discussed in the same digest on a list that historically appears unaccustomed to eith
- /html/triumphs/2004-03/msg00802.html (7,504 bytes)
- 12. RE: PI (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 07:03:48 -0800
- Dunno about that, but we have been talking about Heralds and Austin Marinas on the Stag list ... must be the silly season ! <G> Randall
- /html/triumphs/2004-03/msg00806.html (7,227 bytes)
- 13. RE: PI (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 11:06:01 -0800 (PST)
- At the risk of getting back to the original question and to play off of Randall's earlier point TWM also makes a throttle body fi system that replaces Zeniths or SUs. This should work then on all TR2
- /html/triumphs/2004-03/msg00818.html (8,141 bytes)
- 14. Re: PI (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 20:27:00 -0000
- Hi Dave The unit senses air flow by means of the manifold vacuum, the cable going to the metering unit is an over fuel (choke) control for cold starting. If you would like to view a schematic of the
- /html/triumphs/2004-03/msg00820.html (7,825 bytes)
- 15. RE: PI (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 13:17:57 +1100
- Well here's hoping - at least it would save me talking to my self! Oh, here's a useless fact for all you non-Dolomiters: Importation of the Dolomite Sprint ceased after June 1976, due to the new ADR2
- /html/triumphs/2004-03/msg00833.html (7,731 bytes)
- 16. Re: PI (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 20:10:50 +0100charset="iso-8859-1"
- Hi Michael. No I havent. I wouldn't know where to start. Would I have to find an old Rover 2.7 injection in the scrappie? Cheers
- /html/triumphs/2000-06/msg00097.html (6,451 bytes)
- 17. Re: PI (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 10:27:29 -0500
- The key to matching heads and throttle bodies for PI is to get the right throttle bodies and linkage for your car. The person I'm dealing with seemed to very clued up on the head/t-body match and ha
- /html/triumphs/1999-01/msg01011.html (8,261 bytes)
- 18. RE: PI (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 15:58:50 -0000
- Speaking of which I remember that I do have two used good inlet manifolds for the late injection, sadly its only two and not a complete set. If anybody is interested in them they go for 70ukp plus po
- /html/triumphs/1999-01/msg01015.html (8,219 bytes)
- 19. Re: PI (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 21:16:40 -0500
- RE:"On the cam front - the earlier US cam was better than the late one (73 on)but neither are as peppy as the PI cam which had much wider timing." That may be true, but it's the opposite of my impre
- /html/triumphs/1999-01/msg01065.html (7,470 bytes)
- 20. Re: PI (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 00:50:28 -0500
- I think your read on the cam front is correct ... the later cam was the same for all models, whether US or UK and overseas, and they all suffered from a resultant power loss. The early PI cam (fitte
- /html/triumphs/1999-01/msg01092.html (10,006 bytes)
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