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This kind of set up is equalent to a turbo, so U need a sealed carb.
I made my M45 produce 19psi, so U can imagine what this does to a N/A HIF44!!

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when it was tryed as a blow tho it han a metro plenum an was connected to that, when it was such tho it was connected to the pipe that took the place of the carb and plenum. cheers

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when it was tried as a blow through, it had a metro plenum, and was connected to that, when it was suck through, it was connected to the pipe that took the place of the carb and plenum. cheers

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as said, rebuild the turbo carb with new choke seals, put the plenum on, reconnect the pipework, connect up as in the picture shown a couple of posts back.

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Hi everyone,
just like to say a big thank you to you all for all the help that youve given me..
im going to have a go a servicing the turbo hif 44 and having another go with the pipe work.
ive just put a couple of more pic on my link of the modified plenum and valve
any feedback will be really helpful.
keep an eye on this page over the next few days and ill keep you all up to date..
once again thanks..
Boz

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well its sunday and the suns out so i think well have another go at rebuilding the turbo carb and try to get it to run with the pipes linked up ill let you now how mthings go tonight if all gos well.
or earlier if things go wrong.
thanks

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1971 turbo mini van
1978 clubman estate
1971 clubman

tonight we opened the carb and looked at the jet assembly, in the su workshop manual it says that above the jet bearing is a washer, that was not in the carb so we found a ali washer in a old rebuild kit and used that? checked it for flooding and nothing. so, on with the pipes and fingers crossed. fired up first time but cant seem to get it to run right. seems to be running quite rich and it revs up and down on its own between around 700 where its nearly dieing to around 2500. took the dash pot off and checked to see if it flooded but fine weakened the jet its now just above the base of the carb now. tryed again and the same,we tried to tune as you would a nomally aspirated car but not much difference one min its ticking over fine then it will start dieing then hunting, any ideas? is the carb a nacker? or is it just down to needle/jet? any help much appreciated and thanks again for helping so far such a relief to see it run with the charger. cheers

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there is a thread on here somewhere that goes through the steps you should take when your car wont idle properly. gives lots of good things to look for. i remember oil in the dash pot being one of the things but i would try and find that thread. should be of good use.

Hi,
Try it with the charger pipe disconnected first, did you set the fuel pressure since rebuilding the carb?
Cheers,
Gavin :)

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On 2nd Mar, 2008 boz-reb-2303 said:
well its sunday and the suns out so i think well have another go at rebuilding the turbo carb and try to get it to run with the pipes linked up ill let you now how mthings go tonight if all gos well.
or earlier if things go wrong.
thanks

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