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What is wrong with these weber carbs?
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2020 5:45 pm
by neilbardsley
They are about 1/3 of the price of any other new ones??
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2x-40IDF-Car ... Sw1V9eDrtF
Re: What is wrong with these weber carbs?
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2020 5:56 pm
by Sam
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.
Re: What is wrong with these weber carbs?
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2020 6:26 pm
by KS
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.
Re: What is wrong with these weber carbs?
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2020 7:01 pm
by neilbardsley
That might help a lot. Let me give them 24 hours to find them
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Re: What is wrong with these weber carbs?
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2020 11:41 pm
by Mike Smith
Who am I to deflect anybody from spending his life attemping to make Webers work on a 356 ?
Re: What is wrong with these weber carbs?
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2020 5:46 am
by neilbardsley
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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Re: What is wrong with these weber carbs?
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2020 7:47 am
by KS
Mike Smith wrote:Who am I to deflect anybody from spending his life attemping to make Webers work on a 356 ?
Re: What is wrong with these weber carbs?
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2020 8:54 am
by mycar
Are Zeniths not the carb of choice for the 1600 engine ?
Re: What is wrong with these weber carbs?
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2020 8:59 am
by neilbardsley
They are ugly and only have one hole. More holes are faster!!
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Re: What is wrong with these weber carbs?
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2020 9:25 am
by mycar
I find one hole to be perfectly adequate.
Any more than one hole is unnecessarily complicated.
Re: What is wrong with these weber carbs?
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2020 9:32 am
by Bootsy
mycar wrote:Any more than one hole is unnecessarily complicated.
You clearly haven't lived
Re: What is wrong with these weber carbs?
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2020 10:04 am
by Mike Smith
Well! that stirred things up nicely
Re: What is wrong with these weber carbs?
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2020 10:12 am
by neilbardsley
I'm not sure Thomas is talking about carbs anymore
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Re: What is wrong with these weber carbs?
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2020 10:31 am
by neilbardsley
Anyway back to my original question why are these carbs so cheap?
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Re: What is wrong with these weber carbs?
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2020 10:33 am
by KS
neilbardsley wrote:Anyway back to my original question why are these carbs so cheap?
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