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General => The garage => Topic started by: richy_b on 30 January 2004, 22:58

Title: vedubgti8v....
Post by: richy_b on 30 January 2004, 22:58

hehehehe i got the weber carb, took a little while to fit , but the results are great i just had 50 odd in 2nd gear in a 1.3 lol ;D
next it will be a new back box then cam shaft... ummmmm


p.s did you know teh weber has a manual choke????

Title: Re:vedubgti8v....
Post by: topher on 30 January 2004, 23:26

i've got a recon'd twin 40 weber in the garage if you're interested  ;D if you dont mind doing 18mpg that is  :P

Title: Re:vedubgti8v....
Post by: Veedubgt18v on 31 January 2004, 18:31

yeah i did know they were manual choke. more reliable! auto choke on the pierburg is W**k! seems klike you got good results!  nice one chap! keep us posted!

ed

Title: Re:vedubgti8v....
Post by: modulater on 01 February 2004, 12:10

manual choke............ those were the days.

pierburg carbs are indeed a big bag of cock.

Title: Re:vedubgti8v....
Post by: lowgolf on 01 February 2004, 12:21

Quote from: tophuh on 30 January 2004, 23:26

i've got a recon'd twin 40 weber in the garage if you're interested  ;D if you dont mind doing 18mpg that is  :P

You got the inlet manifold aswell? U know where i could get one from. How much u want for them

Title: Re:vedubgti8v....
Post by: topher on 01 February 2004, 13:01

sorry mate it's sold now  :-\ sold it without manifold for ?120

Title: Re:vedubgti8v....
Post by: richy_b on 02 February 2004, 22:34

heheh, well i was looking for some carbs like that to start with but the problem is nobody make manifolds for the 1.3 not even for the 32/36 carb jobbie, oh well, happy with the weber tho just done 55 in 2nd, getting even better!!!next will be the cam kit but need gear linkeage first :(