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Thanks for the bit of info.

I've ordered the bits for the HIF44's so will see what happens. It seems like BL/LDV moved onto HIF44 for the inch and three quarter carbs in the late 80's/90's. Looking at the diagrams i'm now pretty sure this is what i've got!

Yes, they're HIF6. Its worth noting that although the carbs are fitted to my Range Rover, they actually came off an LDV ambulance. I've since made the mixture a little richer and they perform really well now. In fact i'm well pleased with performance now. Throttle response is superb, exactly the rea...

Can anybody recommend a supplier??

Burlen claim to supply only 1 type!

In all your expert opinions would the positioning of the hole for the vacuum advance many any difference based on my previous comments??

I think this is what i'll end up doing. I was hoping the replacement butterflies would just be fit and forget but as with lots of things its never as simple as it first seems!

Just driven it home from work and stripped one of the carbs off. I can confirm the taper is the same way round as the one i removed. A simple trial showed fitting it the other way round was totally wrong. The new one has a far more pronounced taper than the original. Comparing the old and new shows ...

Thanks for the replies. I rang Burlen (who supplied the butterflies) who could only think that i've fitted the discs the wrong way round as suggested by Ron (RoverP6B). They confirmed the discs should be the same size so perhaps I really have fitted them the wrong way round? Bit of a school boy erro...

Hello all, first post on this forum although i've been reading some damn useful info on here for the past couple of months. I've got a problem with my 85 Range Rover 3.5 V8. I recently junked the old Strombergs in favour of SU's. The SU's were apparently off a low mileage LDV ambulance. I had a prob...