[Fot] TR6 hot start problems

[yellow04 at tr4racer.com]

The race car is a completely different story, Bill Dentinger's post 
explained my take on that issue.

But in the street driving world, I guess I have been lucky. In all my years 
of driving SU/Stromberg Triumphs on the street I never really had a hot 
start problem.

I agree with Jim Norlin's experience, having your carbs 100% right seems to 
be at least part of the solution.

I have built two modified TR4 street engines in the past several years. The 
first one is my buddy's car, it has with a cam, some head work, a stock TR4A 
exhaust manifold and belt driven fan. Mine has a bigger cam, even more head 
work, a header and an electric fan. Both are running stock mechanical fuel 
pumps and neither has a heat shield. Both got new HS6's direct from Burlen 
in the UK. We routinely load up the cars with our wives and gear and try to 
drive the wheels off. I can recall countless stop and go bathroom breaks and 
gas stops in very hot weather that had me wondering if the cars would 
restart, but they always fire right up.

I read somewhere long long ago (I am thinking it's in the owners manual) 
that you are supposed to hold the throttle open about 1/3 open when cranking 
a hot engine, when you do that the engine usually fires immediately.

It's nice to hear people having hot start issues in January, for the better 
part of the past week I have been seeing single digits in the morning glance 
of the thermometer!

Henry
yellow04 at tr4racer.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg & Alison Blake" <ablake2 at austin.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Fot] TR6 hot start problems

> > what are the solutions other than heat shield?