What is wrong with these weber carbs?

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What is wrong with these weber carbs?

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They are about 1/3 of the price of any other new ones??

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They're not Webers, the ad says it - they're to replace Webers.

I've run non original carbs on little 1600 VW motors, and they work OK, but the general consensus is that on high performance stuff the quality can be lacking making set up and longevity a problem.
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Neil, I have a pair of genuine 40IDF Webers that need a clean up - and one air volume screw replacing. Yours for £50 the pair if it helps.
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That might help a lot. Let me give them 24 hours to find them

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Who am I to deflect anybody from spending his life attemping to make Webers work on a 356 ?
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Mike Smith wrote:Who am I to deflect anybody from spending his life attemping to make Webers work on a 356 ?
If you have a pair of solexes that just need a clean for £50 then I'm a convert :)

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Mike Smith wrote:Who am I to deflect anybody from spending his life attemping to make Webers work on a 356 ?
:lol: :cheers:
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Are Zeniths not the carb of choice for the 1600 engine ?
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They are ugly and only have one hole. More holes are faster!!

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:lol:

I find one hole to be perfectly adequate.

Any more than one hole is unnecessarily complicated.
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mycar wrote:Any more than one hole is unnecessarily complicated.
You clearly haven't lived
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:lol: Well! that stirred things up nicely
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I'm not sure Thomas is talking about carbs anymore :)

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Anyway back to my original question why are these carbs so cheap?

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neilbardsley wrote:Anyway back to my original question why are these carbs so cheap?

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