Darn it .. the site stripped off the attachment. Go to
www.2simpleusa.com/triumphlist/PIconvnotes.pdf for the PI notes.
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Tony Gordon
72 TR6
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Gordon" <triumph@2simpleusa.com>
To: "Terry Geiger" <tgeiger@shoalsbritishcars.org>; <6pack@autox.team.net>;
"TR list" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 8:58 PM
Subject: Re: [6pack] TR6 Cylinder Heads and Lucas Petrol Injection
> Forgot to cc the list. Well worthwhile conversion. It also gives you the
> prefect setup in terms of runners and plenum to go to TBI port injection
> (those PI runners are a work of Art!). Here are my notes. Email me off
> list
> with any questions.
> **************************************
> Tony Gordon
> 72 TR6
> **************************************
> ----- 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?
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