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Offline Haribo!

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twin carbs?
« on: 29 November 2005, 01:03 »
could i put twin carbs on my driver?
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Fielder5757

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Re: twin carbs?
« Reply #1 on: 29 November 2005, 09:20 »
yup. saw a 1.6 Driver with twin carbs on just over a year ago, Looked like sex  :smiley:
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Re: twin carbs?
« Reply #2 on: 29 November 2005, 11:02 »
nice, ok so what would i need and what might it cost?  :undecided:
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Offline davidhawkins_78

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Re: twin carbs?
« Reply #3 on: 29 November 2005, 11:08 »
Prepare for silly MPG though - at full throttle the performnce of identical Carb and full injection setups is pretty much identical.

Any other times carbs just aren't very efficent - I had a barking mad XR2 in my younger days with a load of head work / cam and a set of DCOE 40's and a full tank would barely last 150 miles !

But it was almost worth it for the the noise hmmmmmm  :grin:

If my Valver wasn't a daily drive I'd be after a set of DCOE 45's for her ;)

As for what you'd need here's a rough list ....

1. Inlet manifold to match the carbs you've chosen, these can be different if side or down draught
2. Uprated fuel pump - ideally a 'Facet' jobby
3. Fuel pressure regulator
4. the carbs themselves (ofcourse :))
5. Carb linkage assembly
6. Twin cable throttle cable
7. Air filter(s)
8. Trumpets for the carbs
9. Most important of all is to get the jetting and fueling setup right for your engine's requirements !

As you can see you'll need around £500 to get this project of the ground and plenty of planning and time. Might be cheaper to do a GTI transplant maybe ?!?!
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Re: twin carbs?
« Reply #4 on: 29 November 2005, 14:20 »
Arrr the noise of twin carbs is contagious
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Re: twin carbs?
« Reply #5 on: 30 November 2005, 01:30 »
bollocks to that then, far to much effort
cheers
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Offline Neaty

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Re: twin carbs?
« Reply #6 on: 30 November 2005, 14:07 »
I was toying with the idea for my dirver about a year ago, bought the carbs (weber dcoe 40's) but never gpt round to do anything with them.

To be honest if its ur daily driver then dnt do it because its gonna be absalutely rediculous on fuel, in fact you could prob see the fuel gage going down! But that sound is awesome tho isnt it!
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Re: twin carbs?
« Reply #7 on: 30 November 2005, 14:15 »
sh!t, where can i hear this sound that everyone tell me is so great?   or maybe i shouldnt hear it, it might be for my own good that i dont know what im missing??? :undecided:
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Re: twin carbs?
« Reply #8 on: 30 November 2005, 14:19 »
go to any rally there is usually escorts there and listen to the mark 1 and mark 2 escorts, they come sideways round the corner "barking" at you! awesome!
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Re: twin carbs?
« Reply #9 on: 30 November 2005, 14:32 »
My grandad had a Ford Escort RS2000 (before i was born, damnit) with twin 45s and he said the Speedo Went up like a Rev Counter, but the fuel guage went down like the speedo would
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