The Triumph Dolomite Club - Discussion Forum

thinking of upgrading my carbs to weber or su 8's, be interested to know your thoughts on performance enhancement and whether they fit under the bonnet as read somewhere that they can impinge. thanks in advance charles

Low height HS8 from a Jaguar will fit but on their own they will give you nothing in the way of improvement in power, and might even makes things worse as an SU is venturi based. You would need to match it with other improvements to airflow in and out.

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Hi Charles, you forgot to mention you already have a Piper fast road cam fitted running on re-jetted HS6s.

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I have a pair of Jag HS8s, new 2” solid mounts and a manifold reamered out to match sitting on my kitchen window sill that I could be persuaded to part with...they’d go well with that cam and resemble the Broadspeed set up...