Turbo carb needle and spring
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Hi there I am converting a hif 44 carb to turbo , I have purchased a rebuild kit for the turbo carb from burlen and replaced all necessary parts and cleaned it up , I am having an engine built by benross at the moment and I know when completed my existing needle in the carb will be ground down a lot smaller so I won't need a turbo needle but just wondered if the needle spring is different on a turbo carb compared to my original hif 44 ? Also I have read somewhere on the forum that the carb can be drilled to take the choke cable instead of using a bracket I just wondered if anyone had any pictures of this ? Can anyone help thankyou

Yes the turbo spring is stronger imo for more than 7/8 psi boost you should be looking for a 12ounce spring (minispares sell these)

And i can get pics when i get home as i too have drilled the lug for the choke cable

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Thanks Brett that's great il get on to mini spares ! the info on this forum from people like yourself is invaluable ! And much appreciated !

would you believe it every single photo i have of the carb the pipe work blocks the view so i wll use pics of another carb i have

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right this is the best i can do without digging my mini out :(

the hole i have pointed to you want to drill all the way through the lug with a 2 mm drill bit then drill through that with a 6mm drill bit BUT only go 80% the way through, so what your left with is a good sized recess to locate the choke cable and hold it in place

something i bought but never actually fitted is the little screw adjuster off a bike brake lever shown pic 3

if your still a bit stuck let me know

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Edited by Brett on 10th Apr, 2013.

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right i have got 3 pics to work
1st pic you can just see the hole in my carb
2nd roughly where the choke cable goes
3rd a nice neat solution and quick adjustment
4th same as one ( and took 7 edits )

Edited by Brett on 10th Apr, 2013.

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That's as clear as it can be Brett ! I've got it mate thanks for the messing about seems pretty straight forward ,those little clamp things in pic 3 look good ! Thanks again mate

Hi Brett I've just been looking on mini spares website and can only find one needle spring for the hif carb which it says is compatible with all hif carbs I have included the link below ! Is this what I need ? Thanks lee

AUD3306
CARB NEEDLE SPRING HIF and HS4


The little spring that sits at the end of a spring loaded carb needle on late HS and all HIF carbs where applicable
£0.55 exc vat
£0.66 inc vat
In stock
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This is the one you want:

http://www.minispares.com/product/Classic/...k%20to%20search

Thanks for that ! Could I find it ? No !

took me a while as 'Carb Spring' didn't bring any of this type of spring back.

Burlen sell them if minispares are out of stock.

Mini spares are out of stock ! Not sure how long it takes them to get stock again , I'm in no major rush but yeh I could get on to burlen to get one thankyou