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Offline Haribo!

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I take it back
« on: 08 December 2005, 00:08 »
I put this carb from a early citi mk1 on my driver, i was told it would be better than the pierburg when it was set up, unfortunatly it never seemed to settle in and couldnt give me the power i should have, so i went off to the vw breakers nearby to try and get another pierburg, no luck but as i was leaving they towed in a driver, and low and behold when we looked under the bonnet it had a weber converison  :grin: thay said i could have it there and then for 60 quid if i took it off my self so out came my toolbox,

what a fcuking difference,im sure i shouldnt be able to pull 60 in seocond? i think i better take care of it before i blow it up
what a carb tho  :cool: getting it set up properly in the morning too, its abit irratic at the mo,i cant believe its the same engine!!

Offline jettaTx

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Re: I take it back
« Reply #1 on: 08 December 2005, 00:35 »
I had a Jetta Tx with a Webber carb on it. That went reasonably well for a 1.6 And drank all my petrol till it caught fire!! lol  :cry:

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Re: I take it back
« Reply #2 on: 08 December 2005, 00:38 »
yeah iv got one, nice difference, and yeah mine drinks fuel, gonna get it RR tuned soon tho


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Offline Haribo!

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Re: I take it back
« Reply #3 on: 08 December 2005, 00:55 »
mines freakely better, my pierburg must have been bollocksed, ive had it two days and i allready know what you mean about the petrol

Offline Chugadub

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Re: I take it back
« Reply #4 on: 08 December 2005, 11:33 »
 :cool:

 i remember when i got me a new carb for the mini, what a  difference that made!

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Offline dubslug

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Re: I take it back
« Reply #5 on: 08 December 2005, 15:39 »
once set up right it shouldnt use much more fuel than the old one really, well mine never

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Offline Haribo!

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Re: I take it back
« Reply #6 on: 08 December 2005, 15:46 »
what engine do you have? as mine is 1600 and i was wandering how much of a good idea it is hitting 60 in 2nd gear, cause it does it and my rev counter read just over 5000 rpm when i do it, seems odd  :undecided: :huh:

Offline Si

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Re: I take it back
« Reply #7 on: 08 December 2005, 17:09 »
Starmix, i still got standard Pierburg (having loads of trouble with it at moment)  :angry:
I can do 65mph on speedo in second gear at 5000rpm. I wanty a Weber but im totally skint at this time of year!!!  :cry:
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Re: I take it back
« Reply #8 on: 08 December 2005, 17:25 »
really? see i never had a rev counter when i had a pierburg so i just changed gear according to those little red lines on the speedometer maybe i could do it before, but with a weber you get to that stage alot quicker  :cool:, just got it all set up properly today, all my hoses were in the wrong places and it seems i have a leaky carb gasket, no worries tho,, i have about 4 spare, one of them MUST be good, just got to go thru the hassle of taking the weber off again, which sucks cause the nuts are hard to get hold of  :angry: