Mystery Carb

[gshughes]

Anyone got any idea what this carb is? Apologies for rubbish picture. I have aquired it in a box of bits, and want to stick it on ebay.



hmm photo not working link is this

Edited by gshughes on Wednesday 11th March 22:07

Edited by gshughes on Wednesday 11th March 22:10

[selnic]

Looks like a HIF 44 SU of some sort except the body is different.

[Snake the Sniper]

Jap rip off of the HIF? As said, looks like an SU HIF but I've never seen one with either an electrical connector on it, or a O ring.

[selnic]

has it got any numbers cast on it - might help

[tr7v8]

Has it any details on it? A metal tag, or number. It could be a late SU or one of the Hitachi jap copies, the pic isn't the best either.

[100SRV]

Pretty sure it is a Jap copy (license built?) of SU HIF 44 (ball race for piston) with automatic enrichment and probably anti-run-on solenoid. I think they were used on Datsun 240 / 260 engines.

[Mr2Mike]

Hitachi made the SU clones used in the Z cars, but IIRC they were very similar to the standard HS style carbs rather than HIF.

There was an HIF44E carb used on some cars (Maestro & Montego spring to mind) shortly before fuel injection made them obsolete. As well as a fuel shut of valve they also had a rather large stepper motor assembly on one side of the carb, and had the standard HIF44 flange, so I don't think the OP has one of these. Never seen an SU with the o-ring sealed "spout" that the OP's has.

[spitfire4v8]

The solonoid is likely an antidieselling valve (anti run-on valve) .. the rubber rings and extra brass pipe unions on the side suggest it might be a pressure-sealed version for a turbo application maybe? ie metro, maestro, montego turbo?

[gshughes]

Thanks for all the suggestions folks. There are a couple of numbers on it. GK36 down near the bottom, and 1151 on the inlet containing the butterfly value, and 22 5 on the butterfly itself.

I will try and post up a few better pics later on.

Edited by gshughes on Friday 13th March 08:40

[Mr2Mike]

spitfire4v8 said:

The solonoid is likely an antidieselling valve (anti run-on valve) .. the rubber rings and extra brass pipe unions on the side suggest it might be a pressure-sealed version for a turbo application maybe? ie metro, maestro, montego turbo?

I wondered about that, but it doesn't have the clamping arrangement on the top of the dashpot to prevent the damper unscrewing.

[selnic]

According to the SU web site it is a KIF 44, (hif variant, fitted to the wedge shape rover 214)

[gshughes]

selnic said:

According to the SU web site it is a KIF 44, (hif variant, fitted to the wedge shape rover 214)

Bingo ! Thanks again folks - PH really is the fount of all knowledge!

[JimexPL]

I ran one on my mini for a while without the electrics wired up. Didn't seem to be a problem.