Just a quick question, if su's work under vacume will they still work normally if set-up as a blow-through forced induction? I have seen suck though set-ups, but can they work with an intercooler, or will the intercooler mess about with the fuel/ air mixture or anything?
Thanks!

There are blow through set ups used from the factory on Metro Turbo engines. These can be found and no further mods are required to use them.

I think normal SU's can be modified to run with boost at a cost.

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yeah Im in the process of getting one of a metro turbo from the UK. Is it the HIF6 or the HIF44 off a metro turbo? and do you know if n/a metros used the same carb as the turbo ones?

The factory turbo specific SUs had sealed shafts, balanced breathing to the float bowl & linkages were on the opposite side of the carbs than the "usual" possition i believe (that may not allways be the case tho as people can "play" with that part of it quite easilly & change things around to suit "their own" application)

& yes, you can intercool it all before/prior the carb

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IIRC the turbo Metro's used a boost modified HIF44.

Intercooling a blow-thru setup is fine, but NOT a suck-thru setup. The fuel pools in the intercooler and you basically end up with a bomb waiting to explode ( backfire = dead ). On that note I have seen it done You wouldn't catch me near it...

I have just set a blow through on a HIF44 metro turbo.

http://moke.com.au/Forum/index.php?topic=1858.0
This is a link to the moke forum with some of the latest pictures.

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yeah thats what I thought would happen with a suck thru-intercooled set-up, Im going for my origianl plan of a blow-through intercooled, which is good as I have all the parts already (besides my carb..) so they wont end up as dust collectors haha.

Other suck-through issue is the vacuum in the turbo at part-throttle.
If it has no special seals, it`l draw the oil out of the bearings.

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