SU HS4 Rehab

[Jay_Nickell]

Slowly, ever so slowly, I'm rebuilding a set of SU HS4's to replace my Weber 32/36......I know, I know, Webers are tune and forget, sexy, efficient,yada, yada, yada. But IMHO MG's are suppose to have two funny looking bell shaped carburators that are full of oil and are hard to sync.

So, anyway, I'm rehabbing a heat shield and I need some advice for the underside heat pad material, maybe something I can rivet on. And what paint should I use to make the whole thing look "stock," maybe a zinc-like color or maybe silver?

 

[aeronca65t]

We needed something like this for a project at work and used this (from Home Depot)
Flame Protector
A non-asbestos flexible heat shield (the size
and thickness of a place mat) that you slip
behind or underneath any job that requires a
flame, such as when using a propane torch for
soldering copper plumbing under the house.
Part # 411-396
About $15

I'd paint everything with flat aluminum paint.

 

[Jay_Nickell]

Thanks, I'll check that out tonight. Sounds perfect.

 

[piman]

Hello Jay,

"that are full of oil and are hard to sync."

Don't believe it!

S.U.'s are a deceptively simple but effective and reliable carburettor and need very little maintenance or tuning (And are easy to tune when you know the basics). Set them up and don't fiddle with them.
And yes they look correct on an MG.

Alec

 

[DrEntropy]

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/iagree.gif SU's are a "Set 'em, ferget 'em" induction. Far less fiddling than the Weber you've got now. Good choice.

 

[Jay_Nickell]

I got my SU kit from Joe Kurto by UPS today, and the heat shield mat yesterday, so as soon as I finish the rear brake job, the carbs are next.