- 1. SU Carb Mystery (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 22:28:20 +0000
- Hello Listers: Just home from Columbus Ohio British Car Day. Well over 350 cars, and approx. 75 Triumphs. Wonderful event. This was the first outing for the wife's SU equipped early TR4. Black smoke
- /html/triumphs/2004-05/msg00442.html (6,825 bytes)
- 2. Re: SU Carb Mystery (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 19:13:31 -0400
- Mark, When you lift the dashpots with the little lifter, the engine should pick up speed for a few seconds then drop off. Check the spark plugs for soot etc. Sounds rich to me. Air filters ok? Might
- /html/triumphs/2004-05/msg00444.html (8,107 bytes)
- 3. RE: SU Carb Mystery (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 23:38:51 -0700
- Clearly something is making it go rich at speed, while the idle is plenty lean. My first thought would be clogged air filters, second thought would be to check for free movement of the air pistons t
- /html/triumphs/2004-05/msg00451.html (7,314 bytes)
- 4. Re: SU Carb Mystery (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 07:33:32 -0400
- Are your needles correct? With SU's you set the mix at idle and the rest takes care of itself (or doesn't ;-) Jeff
- /html/triumphs/2004-05/msg00455.html (6,739 bytes)
- 5. Re: SU Carb Mystery (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 09:36:58 -0400
- Hmmph. (By now I've forgotten the exact details of the original query, but I'll throw out a few points an yway.) If the car had been running fine before, I can't think of any reason the needles would
- /html/triumphs/2004-05/msg00461.html (7,478 bytes)
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