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I've always wondered: what do each of those little tools in the tuning
kit do?
- Tom
On Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 10:08 PM John Spaur via Healeys <
healeys@autox.team.net> wrote:
> Bob, raising the piston 1/32=E2=80=9D is not my issue. I am wondering why=
the
> engine stalls when the center carb piston is lifted all the way up and th=
e
> others don=E2=80=99t stall the engine when lifted all the way up. I sent =
another
> post with a link for that. The carbs are well synced, I used the S.U tuni=
ng
> kit to check the piston lift and they are spot on.
>
>
>
> *From:* Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net] *On Behalf Of *Bo=
b
> Spidell
> *Sent:* Monday, July 6, 2020 6:32 PM
> *To:* healeys@autox.team.net
> *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] HS4 Tri-carb tuning
>
>
>
> After much effort and consideration, I decided there must be some Brits
> who wrote that 'procedure' laughing their asses off knowing there is no
> practical* way to lift the pistons exactly 1/32"
>
> * But you can, if you have the little wire thingies in the poor man's
> tuning kit--actually quite useful--stick the wire thingies in the piston
> and gauge the piston rise; the wires themselves are pretty close to 1/32"
> thick
>
> On 7/6/2020 3:39 PM, John Spaur via Healeys wrote:
>
> I installed three brand new HS4 carbs on my BT7 this weekend. They seem t=
o
> work really well with no load and light load on some very short test
> drives. The jet adjusting nuts are very close to what the old ones were s=
et
> to. One of the tests is to lift the piston with the lifting pin as far as
> you can. That is supposed to stall the engine. However, this only works o=
n
> the center carb. When I test the front and rear, it just slows the engine
> down a bit. What have others found when they do this test? BTW, I can
> hardly tell a difference in the engine speed when I lift the pistons 1/32=
=E2=80=9D.
>
>
>
> TIA,
>
>
>
> John
>
> San Jose, CA
>
>
>
>
>
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><div>I've always wondered:=C2=A0 =
=C2=A0what do each of those little tools in the tuning kit do?</div><div><b=
r></div><div>- Tom</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"lt=
r" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 10:08 PM John Spaur via Heal=
eys <<a href=3D"mailto:healeys@autox.team.net";>healeys@autox.team.net</a=
>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px=
0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><di=
v lang=3D"EN-US"><div class=3D"gmail-m_8641215044207463263WordSection1"><p =
class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color:rgb(31,73,125)">Bob, raising the p=
iston 1/32=E2=80=9D is not my issue. I am wondering why the engine stalls w=
hen the center carb piston is lifted all the way up and the others don=E2=
=80=99t stall the engine when lifted all the way up. I sent another post wi=
th a link for that. The carbs are well synced, I used the S.U tuning kit to=
check the piston lift and they are spot on.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p cla=
ss=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u><=
/span></p><div><div style=3D"border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-le=
ft:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class=
=3D"MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Healeys [mailto:<a href=3D"mailto:healeys-bounc=
es@autox.team.net" target=3D"_blank">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>] <b=
>On Behalf Of </b>Bob Spidell<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 6, 2020 6:32 PM<=
br><b>To:</b> <a href=3D"mailto:healeys@autox.team.net"; target=3D"_blank">h=
ealeys@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] HS4 Tri-carb tun=
ing<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u=
></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:12pt">After much effort =
and consideration, I decided there must be some Brits who wrote that 'p=
rocedure' laughing their asses off knowing there is no practical* way t=
o lift the pistons exactly 1/32"<br><br>* But you can, if you have the=
little wire thingies in the poor man's tuning kit--actually quite usef=
ul--stick the wire thingies in the piston and gauge the piston rise; the wi=
res themselves are pretty close to 1/32" thick<span style=3D"font-size=
:12pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal">On 7/6/2020 3:3=
9 PM, John Spaur via Healeys wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote styl=
e=3D"margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><p class=3D"MsoNormal">I installed t=
hree brand new HS4 carbs on my BT7 this weekend. They seem to work really w=
ell with no load and light load on some very short test drives. The jet adj=
usting nuts are very close to what the old ones were set to. One of the tes=
ts is to lift the piston with the lifting pin as far as you can. That is su=
pposed to stall the engine. However, this only works on the center carb. Wh=
en I test the front and rear, it just slows the engine down a bit. What hav=
e others found when they do this test? BTW, I can hardly tell a difference =
in the engine speed when I lift the pistons 1/32=E2=80=9D.<u></u><u></u></p=
><p class=3D"MsoNormal">=C2=A0<u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">TIA,=
<u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">=C2=A0<u></u><u></u></p><p class=
=3D"MsoNormal">John<u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">San Jose, CA <u=
></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:12pt"><span s=
tyle=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></=
u>=C2=A0<u></u></span></p><pre><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></pre></blockquote><p cl=
ass=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New=
Roman",serif"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></span></p></div></div>____________=
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