I've attached my notes on the conversion. let me know if you need any more
info.
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Tony Gordon
72 TR6
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Terry Geiger" <tgeiger@shoalsbritishcars.org>
To: <6pack@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 9:51 AM
Subject: [6pack] TR6 Cylinder Heads and Lucas Petrol Injection
> The recent discussion of TR6 cylinder heads brings up a subject for which
> I
> anticipate to come up next year.
>
> A friend and myself both have TR6's and my friend has family in Australia.
> A
> recent visit from one of the Australians (he is a car guy) brought up the
> subject of Lucas PI systems as used on the six cylinder TR engines. Our
> Australian friend is going to check on getting two complete PI systems
> shipped
> back to us for possible installation on our TR6's. They are basically
> throw
> away items in Australia at this point so we probably will have more in the
> shipping cost than in the actual components.
>
> The web site www.lucasinjection.com has been somewhat helpful but I'd love
> to
> hear from someone with first hand experience with converting a carburated
> 2.5
> Triumph engine to Lucas PI.
>
> What cylinder head is needed for use with the Lucas PI system? My car has
> the
> later (wide port spacing) cylinder head. My friend's car has the earlier
> (narrow port spacing) cylinder head. Rimmer Brothers shows two injection
> systems early (to commission # CP5000) and late (from commission #
> CP50001).
> Is the differences for spacing of the cylinder head ports?
>
> Are the ignition distributors different?
>
> I realize they are more modern alternatives for fuel injection (Rick
> Patton's
> electronic injection, etc) and from a purely performance/reliability
> standpoint the modern electronic system is probably a better choice. I'm
> trying to gather some input to try to determine which way to go. I'm
> actually
> leaning toward the modern system electronic system but my friend wants to
> go
> the Lucas PI route.
[demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pdf which had a name of
PI Conversion notes.pdf]
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