>something that was mocked up with standard plumbing fixtures. Maybe that's
>why Charly had such good luck with it.
I think that's a compliment. Thanks, Charly
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Babcock" <BillB@bnj.com>
To: "Charly Mitchel" <charly@mitchelplumbing.com>; "Chris Kantarjiev"
<cak@dimebank.com>; <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, November 28, 2003 11:38 PM
Subject: RE: HS6 on GT6+
> Not much of an excuse for a rotary milling table, most really good porting
> is still done by hand with a die grinder. With a little careful work you
can
> make anything flow better, but it's best to have a flow bench around to
see
> if you're headed in the right direction. Problem is with the Triumph
intake
> manifolds that they are so butt-awful to start with that almost anything
> will do something. Hard to believe that they work at all--looks like
> something that was mocked up with standard plumbing fixtures. Maybe that's
> why Charly had such good luck with it.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-fot@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-fot@autox.team.net] On Behalf
> Of Charly Mitchel
> Sent: Friday, November 28, 2003 7:05 PM
> To: Chris Kantarjiev; fot@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: HS6 on GT6+
>
> Chris, for what it's worth, I did this to my MGB when I did the last head
> gasket change. I matched the carb size and then the head port size to the
> manifold and then smoothed everything out, especially the balance tube
> between the carbs. The difference it made was incredible! I took the
most
> out of the balance pipe, and I believe that is where the biggest gain came
> from.
> The car had more acceleration and low end torque. I was careful to not
> polish the inside of the manifold, as I believe this would have a negative
> effect. This is not a race motor, just one I mildly tweaked.
> Again, for whatever it's worth, this is an MG.
> Charly
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Kantarjiev" <cak@dimebank.com>
> To: <fot@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, November 28, 2003 5:41 PM
> Subject: HS6 on GT6+
>
>
> > I've had a set of the TriumphTune adapter plates, a pair of HS6
> > and a spare intake manifold sitting around for years. For some
> > reason, the rainy weather today inspired me to spend a few hours
> > in the shop trying to find it all and start setting it up.
> >
> > I was quite surprised when I got the heater valve out intact. I
> > haven't yet budged the steel hose barb or the pot metal banjo
> > bolt; I'm sure one of those will tear right out :-)
> >
> > Anyway, I have been trying to decide if it's worth boring out
> > the manifold to match the 1.75" hole. There isn't really enough
> > meat to cut clear through all around; there's a section at
> > the bottom that is already blended up into the splitter, and
> > some of the manifold around there won't take much cutting
> > at all. But parts of it will.
> >
> > Is it worth it? I can't do it with "just" a boring head, though
> > I could do some - but it might be an excuse to by a small
> > rotary table for the milling machine. :-)
> >
> > Or I could just bore down to the thickness of the mounting face
> > and leave a step, or blend the step.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > chris
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