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MG MGB Technical - Mgb hs6 carbs

Hey all

Wondered if anyone here has a set of mgb hs6 carbs for sale ?

Ideally with linkages etc - happy to rebuild

In the uk ideally

Thanks
richard weaver

I hope you have a significantly modified engine. If you strap them onto a standard or mildly tuned MGB engine you will almost certainly lose BHP.
Mike Howlett

I think a 2 litre engine- stage 2 head - piper 270 cam - freeflow exhaust would be OK :-)
richard weaver

Yeah. That should do it.
Mike Howlett

richard
Thinking out loud
Are you going to adapt onto a B manifold or do you have an 1 3/4 manifold ready to go
What price range are we talking----
I'm thinking freight would probably kill anything from here though
willy
William Revit


From: Allan Reeling Shropshire on 07 May 2016 at 19:12:15 (UK time)
You need "fast gas" and won't get it unless you can produce a high revving screamer, which is not what these engines are about. My 4 litre V8 runs HIF 44's which are more or less 1 3/4". It's flowed and tuned with a Hurricane Viper cam and is fed better than adequately by them, producing 220BHP and 330ft/lbs.
A few years ago I built a lightened and balanced 1865cc, with stage 2 and large bore 3 branch and that ran beautifully on HIF4's. 105BHP and 120 ft/lbs with no low down or idling skittishness, beautifully flexible with decent acceleration. Bolting on 1 3/4" will make it rubbish low down.
Save your money, buy some SU needles and get yourself to a rolling road, preferably Peter Burgess's.
Allan Reeling

thanks for comments allan, i actually contacted peter burgess and it was he that actually suggested the hs6 cabs for my engine spec so thats why I'm going down this option

richard weaver

Richard, are you intending to use it for competition?
Allan Reeling

Richard,
The bay of E has this item which fitted the bill 301951709479
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MGB-Austin-1800-Twin-1-3-4-Carbs-And-Manifold-/301951709479?hash=item464db97127:g:FB8AAOSwYmZXL3Mg

Best of...
MGmike
M McAndrew

Allan

No just a nippy road car - already fast being 2 litre and stage 2

Enquirer with Peter as to what best mods are to get the most out of it and he advised piper cam and hs6 carbs - so that's where my search began

Was Looking at weber or delorto and he advised those for track - su (hs6) for road
richard weaver

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