John:
With my '70 TR6 I have come to the conclussion that the 3/32 gap
(using a drill bit to set) just doesn't seem to work for performance.
I felt that it allowed too much play with the throttle and not as
quick a responce when pushing the gas peddle. I no longer use this
measure to adjust the lever but rather visually set it so the tongue
is slightly gapped.
Scott Suhring
Elizabethtown, PA
'70 TR6
John Reynolds wrote:
>
> After tuning up my 71 TR 6 it still didn't perform well. Lack of get up
> and go, top speed around 65 MPH at 4200 rpm, it just seemed to run out of
> what little "steam" it had. I had also balanced the carbs and checked the
> adjustment on the throttle linkage which had the 3/32's gap between the
> interconnect lever and top of the tongue. It ran like a slug.
>
> I had newly licensed daughter get in the car and press the gas pedal to
> the floor and lo and behold the butterflies were only opening 1/4 of the
> way. I took the gap out of the interconnect lever and POWER appeared.
> With the play out of the interconnect lever the butterflies now open 1/2 to
> maybe 2/3's of the way. My question is how do I adjust the linkage to
> open the butterflies the full 90 degrees? Are they supposed to open that
> far? (seems logical to me!) Why does Bentley call for the 3/32's gap in
> the first place?
>
> I've stared at the linkage for some time now trying to figure out how the
> limited pedal movement can be translated into opening the butterflies all
> the way. Could I be the victim of a DPO? The linkage is the same as shown
> in Bentley and I replaced the pivot bolt and plate to remove play.
>
> Thanks,
> John Reynolds
> 71- TR 6 easily beaten by TR 3's
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