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OK I have access to the rolling road this thursday so with aid of the college exhaust gas analyser I should be able to adjust the carbs to get the right air/fuel ratio.
I take it if I can get close to the ideal ratio then the CO levels will also drop to acceptable levels?[/list]

Cheers for the rapid response there. The guy at the garage thought it might be something worn out like jets etc. Is it possible that because I am pressurising the float chambers with boost pressure that maybe this pressure is slightly too high? Or is it more likely to be the mixture settings. I dont...

Ok the car is now running fairly well. I have however just failed my MOT for emissions due to having a CO value that was off the scale, it maxed out at 9.99%

Can anyone please tell me what causes this and what is the best way to go about fixing it?

Thanks for the fast responses. So far all I have done is plumbed the turbo into the carbs, which are the standard rover v8 hif style SU carbs, plumbed boost into the floats and fitted a rising rate fuel pressure regulator. I am not planning on running very high boost levels as the engine is still st...

Hi. I have just installed a turbo on my 3.5L RV8 engine which is currently fitted to my rx7. I have a few questions that I was hoping that maybe somebody could help me with. basically I have a single turbo running through a decent intercooler and then blowing through the 2 standard SU carbs with a f...