TRseks

I just replaced Stromberg carbs with some SU HS6 1 3/4, the Strombergs has worn shafts so it was needed. I got these SU’s with the car from the previous owner but I don’t know what car they came from. They got the wax stat jets so I took the stats out and replaced with two 1 penny coins. They got .100 jets with BDQ needles, after some research I found that they might work on a US TR6, I believe standard, but with removed emission equipment and with tubular manifold and big bore single exhaust. As a starting point I adjusted both jets all the way up flush with the carb body and

I am familiar with the metric system but am trying to learn about IMP, BSP, UTS, BSW and others but it`s a bit confusing at times. I just bought an airbrush kit, to be able to attach this to my air compressor I need an adapter of some kind. I measured the threads on the airbrush gun and found it to be 9.5mm, as I know these things are measured in inches I found that this is around 3/8 of an inch (25.4mm/8x3) but not in this case...! I went on ebay and bought a 3/8 BSP female adapter, when this arrived it was actually 15-16mm internal thread diameter, not 9.5mm as I expected. I then

I want to tidy up around the engine and wonder if it's possible to remove the EGR valve and the pipe into the manifold, plus the canister. The canister only have the one pipe connected from valve cover but it's no pipe connected from canister to the petrol tank. I was thinking to plug the holes from the EGR and just route the pipe from the valve cover into the airbox, is this ok to do?? The car is a 1970 cc, but engine is a cf from around 1974. Magnus