[Healeys] List wisdom

[Michael Oritt]

Patrick--

Thanks for that and yes the carbs are indeed H6, having been swapped onto
the car by the first owner in 1955.

Best--Michael Oritt

On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 4:45 PM, Patrick & Caroline Quinn <
p_cquinn at tpg.com.au> wrote:

> Hello Michael
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> The carburettors originally installed to the 100 four-cylinder engines
> fitted with the Le Mans kit were H6, not HS6 and according to my SU book
> the needles are OA6 for rich, OA7 for standard and OA8 for weak.
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> The piston spring should be red in colour.
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> Hoo Roo
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> Patrick Quinn
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> Blue Mountains, Australia
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> *From:* Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] *On Behalf Of *Michael
> Oritt
> *Sent:* Thursday, 27 October 2016 3:36 AM
> *To:* Austin Healey
> *Subject:* [Healeys] List wisdom
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> I have been experiencing less than stellar performance with my 100 Lemans
> and need to go back to basics.
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> What is the wisdom (I don't ask for consensus!) on appropriate needles for
> the carbs (HS6) and what spark plugs are folks favoring these days?
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> Also what tappets clearances are folks used for a DW AL head in the "fast
> road" or stage 2 tune with DW tubular headers?  If it matters I have
> installed a Mallory MagLite distributor.
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> Best--Michael Oritt
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