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[TR] Are there any new hi-tech cheap gadgets I can buy to get my fuel mi

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Subject: [TR] Are there any new hi-tech cheap gadgets I can buy to get my fuel mixture right ?
From: Lee Janssen <lee.k.janssen@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2014 14:31:18 -0700
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> Sujit wrote: This is for a Stag with the original twin ZS set up

Long subject - very, very short answers:

If you wish to keep your carburetors the answer is NO. There are very good
reasons carbureted cars were no longer manufactured after the mid 1980s -
30 years ago.

If you are willing to convert to fuel injection the answer is MAYBE. It
depends on how much time and energy you want to spend on an after-market
computer system. Even the addition of a wide band O2 sensor won't get you
all the way there because it is very difficult (I'll say impossible) to
detect and correct for knock in a Triumph engine. An extreme example of
this conversion can be found at:
 http://www.tiggersavage.com/tr6_turbo.htm

If you are willing to drop a new engine into your vintage car the answer is
YES. An extreme example of this conversion can be found at:
http://www.britishv8.org/triumph/joecurry.htm

My suggestion is don't worry about your mixture - simply enjoy the pleasure
of checking your dashpot oil (of is the fluif?).

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