Richard,
You are pretty accurate. The TBI system uses an adaptor that holds the
injector and routes the fuel. When you look at my car on the web site
listed below you can see the adaptor and that looks like a spacer. The
car would operate just fine without the domed tops of the carbs. They
are on my car only for appearance and serve no purpose other than
looks. They wont fit on the car with the TBI set-up unless they are
modified in two places. First the pedestal(my term, not sure what the
official term is) has to be removed. Second the top of the dome on the
outside has to be trimmed just a little bit. The dashpot tops on my car
are attached with JB Weld after the metal plunger was removed. If you
go to the throttle body section of the web site listed below you can
see what the set-up looks like with just the adaptors in place and what
it looks like with the domed tops on. When the car was displayed at the
British Invasion in Stowe, Vermont, no one pointed out that the tops of
the domed covers had been shaved off. Someone might have noticed, but
they didn't say anything. I actually had to remove one of the fake
covers to expose the adaptor in order for people to even notice that
there was something different about the car.
Cheers,
Aaron
Aaron Cropley
71 TR6 (Throttle Body Injection!)
http://www.triumphowners.com/108
Topsham, Maine
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Seaton <rsh17@msn.com>
To: 6 Pack <6pack@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 16:40:00 -0500
Subject: Re: upgrades
I seem to remember the fuel injection system Rick uses has a space
between
the carb body and carb top. It is a very close fit to the brace under
the
bonnet. With my triple ZS's a notch had to be cut in the brace so the
#1 carb
damper wouldn't hit it. Others have put triples on their cars without
doing
this, but the spacer Rick has pictured on his web page would cause
problems.
At the least the brace would have to be notched at the worst a TR250
bonnet
bulge could be graphed in place.
Richard Seaton
RSH17@msn.com<mailto:RSH17@msn.com>
View My 1969 TR6 restoration @
http://www.triumphowners.com/registry.cgi?sectionID=111014&vehicleID=92<http:
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