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1. RE: Back to LBC's...Z-S (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 14:20:17 -0500; Chris, So what exactly is wrong with Z-S Carbs..? Are you just looking for a scapecoat to throw off the heat;-). The carb is so simple how can it not work. I think it gets the blame for all the other; /html/triumphs/1997-08/msg00465.html (7,817 bytes)
2. RE: Back to LBC's...Z-S (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 15:28:58 EST; I think Colin Chapman said it best: "Adjustable supension? They'd ruin it! Just look what they can do to a Weber carb in 20min with a screwdriver!" :>) I guess the basic design is OK - but the emissi; /html/triumphs/1997-08/msg00466.html (8,634 bytes)
3. Re: Back to LBC's...Z-S (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 07 Aug 1997 18:21:36 -0400; The carb just gets blamed for emissions laws. It's a carb that allowed our cars to continue to be made, but it somehow gets a bad rap for trying. Everyone is like "give me my SUs!". Well, that wasn't; /html/triumphs/1997-08/msg00482.html (8,653 bytes)
4. Re: Back to LBC's...Z-S (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: 8 Aug 97 9:24:04; that allowed our cars to continue to be made, but it somehow gets a bad rap for trying. Everyone is like "give me my SUs!". Well, that wasn't an option. It was emission control carbs or nothing. The; /html/triumphs/1997-08/msg00515.html (8,399 bytes)
5. Re: Back to LBC's...Z-S (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 8 Aug 1997 12:14:55 -0500 (EST); So they were already working on tailpipe emissions in the early sixties? Nice. Was this before or after crankcase emissions were regulated? Jim Ruwaldt '72 TR6 CC79338U(being restored) Bloomington, I; /html/triumphs/1997-08/msg00517.html (8,677 bytes)
6. Re: Back to LBC's...Z-S (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 08 Aug 1997 15:35:49 -0400; Well, properly as you imply, ZSs were not solely introduced to combat emissions. There were ZSs before this time. However, it is the emissions ZSs that gave them the bad reputation. Mostly because ma; /html/triumphs/1997-08/msg00540.html (8,833 bytes)
7. Re: Back to LBC's...Z-S (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 10 Aug 1997 13:02:01 -0400; And it wasn't the carburetors that caused the power loss but the lower compression ratio and other internal de-tuning tricks the auto makers resorted to to meet the requirements. How many times has s; /html/triumphs/1997-08/msg00625.html (9,603 bytes)
8. Re: Back to LBC's...Z-S (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 10 Aug 1997 15:04:29 -0400; Or another facet of the same coin... The car has some problems, so they "rip off all that there pollution crap and the problems go away!". You know, the pollution equipment didn't make the car run li; /html/triumphs/1997-08/msg00632.html (9,209 bytes)
9. Re: Back to LBC's...Z-S (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 11 Aug 97 09:57:25 PDT; David, Trevor, I like to think that many owners who remove the emissions control (I am in that group that would LIKE to remove the emissions control) do so for other reasons. I find that the emission; /html/triumphs/1997-08/msg00703.html (9,354 bytes)
10. Re: Back to LBC's...Z-S (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 12:44:47 -0500 (EST); Maybe it won't cause any problems, but why would you want to make your car pollute worse? Don't complain about the "emissions junk" because it clutters the engine compartment. Learn to live with it,; /html/triumphs/1997-08/msg00718.html (10,145 bytes)
11. Re: Back to LBC's...Z-S (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 15:13:21 -0400; Just my two cents on this one... I agree that the overall de-tuning has a detrimental effect, but you can't tell me that the smog equipment is not the major culprit in the loss of power department. I; /html/triumphs/1997-08/msg00725.html (9,144 bytes)
12. Re: Back to LBC's...Z-S (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 17:46:16 -0400; How can it be out of character if that is the way they came from the dealer? It was actually not my note, but I will answer. Two main reasons. One is that people who can't figure out smog hoses tend; /html/triumphs/1997-08/msg00742.html (9,772 bytes)
13. Re: Back to LBC's...Z-S (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 17:49:10 -0400; Some is, and some isn't. Switching from two carbs to one is a culprit. Drag caused by air pumps is a very minor culprit. Low compression can be a culprit. What burns me is that people don't sensibly; /html/triumphs/1997-08/msg00744.html (9,133 bytes)
14. Re: Back to LBC's...Z-S (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 11 Aug 97 15:39:04 PDT; car I'll buy that. I'd like my TR6 in the same fettle as British/Australian TR6s were delivered, thank you very much. Now which hose do I rip off first? They ran well without all the emissions gear i; /html/triumphs/1997-08/msg00752.html (9,666 bytes)
15. Re: Back to LBC's...Z-S (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 19:09:21 -0600; Well I have resisted the urge to jump in to this, but it is time so I will jump in with both feet (albeit 3 days late). I think there are really three important points to remember here 1 Good complet; /html/triumphs/1997-08/msg00761.html (10,911 bytes)
16. Re: Back to LBC's...Z-S (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 10:24:11 -0500; Sorry, I meant this to go to the list...; /html/triumphs/1997-08/msg00804.html (8,867 bytes)
17. Re: Back to LBC's...Z-S (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 14:52:55 -0500 (EST); I think the whole point of this discussion is that in the seventies the technology hadn't developed to the point where cars could be designed to meet emissions and produce maximum power. Instead of s; /html/triumphs/1997-08/msg00866.html (9,452 bytes)

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