4 stud fixings for the carbs to manifold rather than 2.
Colin
head skimming for performance? cam to suit?
Re: head skimming for performance? cam to suit?
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Re: head skimming for performance? cam to suit?
Quick answer, at a glance, HS4 carbs have a two stud mounting to the inlet manifold, HS6 have four studs.Rob wrote:my parts car uses su carbs as its a 74.how do i identify hs6's? cheers.
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Re: head skimming for performance? cam to suit?
Sorry Colin, managed to duplicate your post
But, at least there's two of us right
But, at least there's two of us right
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Re: head skimming for performance? cam to suit?
As you say Dave, it does confirm it 
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Re: head skimming for performance? cam to suit?
Just to reinforce, 308778 = Early PI cam and GT6 and Vitesse cam. They work well in a carb engine. I had one in my last 'S' estate with twin HS6s and that was fine.
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