cwdodson88
Well-known member
- Joined
- Oct 27, 2011
- Location
- The Dalles, Oregon
I'm not trying to cast aspersions on your machining skills, but why re-invent the wheel.
We prefer to rebuild HS6 carbs ourselves, but there is 1 step we don't tackle and that is replacing the throttle shafts. We have the tools to replace the bushings, but it takes a lot of time and then you have to deal with drilling the holes precisely at the correct angles in the throttle shafts.
We send ALL our HS6 throttle bodies to Joe Curto to have just the throttle shafts replaced.
In fact a customer came in yesterday and left us his HS6 carbs to rebuild and I will shipping the throttle bodies out to Joe in the next day or 2.
By my count, there are 5-7 good SU guys to send stuff to. Most are in their late 50s and sometimes have longer than desired lead times. So, the way I see it, learn their craft and carry on the greatness of the SU
Really what it came down to was that these guys learned by doing, so why cant I? I grabbed as many sets as I could off ebay for $300 and spent another $100 on tools. Sat down at the drill press and started futzing with them. Threw a few sets on different cars that friends are willing to loan me for a weekend drive with the wife. Toss a set on, tune em, hit the road. Thew a few hundred miles on a couple sets of carbs and they were happy. Now, I've done about 10 sets from H2s to HIFs and feel somewhat comfortable charging for repair instead of just asking that the owner give me the parts and giving out a racer guarantee of 3 feet or 30 seconds.