AndyR100 Posted September 10, 2016 Report Share Posted September 10, 2016 Hi all, I had always intended to change my current Strombergs for SU's and have finally got around to sourcing a decent set of HS6's with manifold & linkage. Looks like I'll need a slightly different length of horizontal link rod - apart from that are there any weird gotcha's to be aware of ? Thanks in advance, ...... Andy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TR4A1965 Posted September 11, 2016 Report Share Posted September 11, 2016 Hi Andy. There should be no trouble at all. I did this conversion and I am really happy with it. Here is a link to loads of pictures of the conversion and linkage plus a video. http://tr4a.weebly.com/hs6-carburettors-triumph-tr4a.html Also on that page you will see the super rare S.U. DU-6 carburettors. That is a conversion I would love to see:-) Good luck. Paul. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AndyR100 Posted September 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2016 H Paul, Thanks for the pointers.... Your photos have confirmed that I have everything except a shorter link rod to the pedal pivot. The DU6's would be fun, but beyond my pockets! I'll be reusing my existing K&N's but your SU pancakes look lovely and I may keep my eyes open for some of those in the future Cheers..... Andy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AndyR100 Posted October 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 All finished today, running nicely so far Before & after: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AndyR100 Posted October 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 Actually after & before.... You get the idea! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Motorsport Mickey Posted October 9, 2016 Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 (edited) "Also on that page you will see the super rare S.U. DU-6 carburettors. That is a conversion I would love to see:-) " What...like this ? Sorry for the poor quality photos, internet wasn't around in 1987, had to take photos of photos. Mick Richards Edited October 9, 2016 by Motorsport Mickey Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TR NIALL Posted October 10, 2016 Report Share Posted October 10, 2016 "Also on that page you will see the super rare S.U. DU-6 carburettors. That is a conversion I would love to see:-) " What...like this ? Sorry for the poor quality photos, internet wasn't around in 1987, had to take photos of photos. Mick Richards That's some Inlet Manifold. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Motorsport Mickey Posted October 10, 2016 Report Share Posted October 10, 2016 (edited) That's some Inlet Manifold. Yep, knocked together using alloy thickwall tube and alloy plate drilled and bored either end to match the carbs and cylinder head, purely to use the carbs during the 1987 season Relay race where there was no restriction upon car spec. We made it 11" long to try and bring the revs down of the torque which we'd worked out was to far up the range for the engine, good idea bad result. Made the power delivery difficult as it came in like gangbusters at 4000 revs normally about mid corner, the shorter manifold lengths would work better. Mick Richards Edited October 10, 2016 by Motorsport Mickey Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TR4A1965 Posted October 12, 2016 Report Share Posted October 12, 2016 Andy, great job and I like you choke cable solution. Never an easy one:-) Great stuff. Best Paul. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AndyR100 Posted October 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2016 Thanks Paul.... to be honest, i was just about to trim the cable back before thinking of the p-clip - there weren't many threads left on the air filter fastener though! My new copper fuel pipe needs to look a bit less new so it blends in as well cheers..... Andy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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