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RE: PI

To: vinttr4@geneseo.net, "'Anthony Gordon'" <tgordon@saginaw-city.k12.mi.us>
Subject: RE: PI
From: Gernot Vonhoegen <gernot.vonhoegen@stir.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 15:58:50 -0000
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net, andrew@britclassiccar.co.uk
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 postage.

> ----------
> From:         Anthony Gordon[SMTP:tgordon@saginaw-city.k12.mi.us]
> Reply To:     Anthony Gordon
> Sent:         Monday, January 18, 1999 3:27 PM
> To:   vinttr4@geneseo.net
> Cc:   triumphs@autox.team.net; andrew@britclassiccar.co.uk
> Subject:      Re: PI
> 
> 
> Jack,
> 
> 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 has assured me that I
> will get the correct bits for the later head.
> 
> I think the 71 cars had the earlier head with the narrow port spacing, but
> don't take my word for it (I've never seen the port spacing on either
> head!), to work out which head you have, try the TRF catalog.  It's seems
> to a really good resource for matching bits against build numbers.  And
> since cars with the earlier head had PI, it will just be a case of making
> sure your get the correct plumbing.
> 
> 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.  However,
> if I fit the PI cam, the car would not be US-stock and would move up an
> autocross class.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Tony
> 
> 

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