webber carbs

[raza]

just seen some carbs on a web site the webber ones says there ?265 for one so would be over ?500 for the two .. is there alot of work involved in fitting them ? and getting them tuned .. and what is the power gains

[Mike.]

i think you have to get them set up properly on a dyno

[Dan]

cast your eyes over the last 6 pages or so of this forum to get all the answers you want

[raza]

hmm none of them show the price of what they are to be fitted. and shit like that.. + u have to buy the manifold and stuff for them what is ?129 so all in all heading on to a grande fitted

[General Baxter]

yep when i got my 48's from tuning i think it come to ?1200 for the parts band new :lol:

[Nick]

baxter, why did u buy 48's ?

I got my carbs for ?185, Linkages cost ?60, but i got them with the carbs.

An inlet is more like ?150 with the alternator bracket, then a FPR is ?20ish.,

Then you'd need to pay for an RR session to get them set up properly.

[raza]

alot a money aint it could buy a car for that :P could actually buy 10 bangers :|

[General Baxter]

baxter, why did u buy 48's ?

my old 2L only fitted them for a week and did not like it, and sold them to my dad he now has them on a Xe engined 1965 MG :lol:

it ran rather nice with the cams done ect:

[Nick]

oh right, i forgot you had that.

aren't 45's enough for a 2.0 ?

[General Baxter]

you forgot its me, i got over the top on everything :wink:

i just got ?150 worth of more blue samco hoses ;) i need more blue than this ;)

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=2731

[Nick]

lol, is the one sticking up , the vacumn hose ?

lol you've even wasted a samco hose on that ! lmao

[General Baxter]

yep even got one on the dip stick pipe ;) :lol:

[raza]

looks pretty tho i was gonna be cheap and buy hose covers for ?12.99 :$ for likle 6 meters :$ least it makes engine bay look blue :D

[Philsutton]

for the carbs an buying everything i needed to fit them, which includes fuel pump, regulator, bolts ect.... It came to about 600, and everything was brand new apart from the carbs which were rebuilt.

[Snowface]

i got as-new Dellorto 40's and New inlet manifold/alternator braket for under ?300. I made my own linkage an fitted it all myself.

[raza]

best place to buy them from ?

[Philsutton]

got my carbs and inlet from ebay

[raza]

just looking on ebay theres a few but none with manifold or the ones with manifod have no flutes or anything rather gat a complete one

[Philsutton]

i ended up getting most the parts seperately as not many people sell the complete set up

[Jack]

Bought my T40s from Will for ?220 I think it was.

Expect to pay top dollar to get them tuned on the RR, best to take them to a proper weber specialist for good results.

[NovaloadedAgain]

Yeah got mine on eBay too.
Got original Nova sport carbs (weber) & the irmscher airbox for ?250 both rebuilt. Picked em up from Nottingham.
& the I ordered the manifold for ?130 off demon tweeks.
Had em set up at the rolling road a few times now but to have em put on etc & set up proper cost me ?300. Which werent bad in my opinion.

So ?700, Not cheap. But good gains.

[Philsutton]

a set up cost me about 40-60 pound an that was with re-jetting it just depends where you go.

[NovaloadedAgain]

Yeah thats how much it costs me now for the carbs to be set up every 3000 ish miles.
Cant complain, There good fun, But Im using my Nova every day! :?

[raza]

yea that sounds good wunt even no where to go around here to do somthing like that :S prob go to the maxedcarclub they spetialise in Vauxhalls here (owner drives a skyline) Makes sence ... also owns a Astra done up to the bollox full chromed engine could eat of it so if i get them id be taking it there i reckon .

[Nick]

the carbs only have to be tuned up every 3 months if they aren't done properly in the first place. it's all a load of myth.

[NovaloadedAgain]

the carbs only have to be tuned up every 3 months if they aren't done properly in the first place. it's all a load of myth.

I have to disagree with you mate, I do roughly 11k-15k a year & every 3 months ish, They need to be synchronised again.
Otherwise your fuel economy is even worse! & if you check ur spark plugs they start to show just how rich the car is running!

Its only takes my rolling road 20 mins to do.

[Stuart]

dan has his looked at every year and they rarely have to tweek the settings at all, the main jets never get changed.

the retuning is just a poor setup by a dodgy RR trying to get mroe dosh from you.

your throttle spindle could be bent causing spurious syncrhonising etc.

[Dan]

yup as stu said i have gone way over 18mths now since my carbs were last touched, everyday car and runs fine, fuel economy is spot on @ 30-35mpg driving dependant and the plugs are cock on.

[Nick]

lol i doubt i even get 35mpg on my 1.2 carb... and i drive sensibly before you ask

[NovaloadedAgain]

Lol, Yeah dont think I will ever get that kinda MPG!
Dan 18 months though....wow, Mine are running very well at the mo, Better since last time. See how long they last before becoming unbalanced.
Also does having twin carbs effect the emissions testing at a MOT???

[Philsutton]

i hooked mine up to the emission tester on saturday, it did fairly well considering it hasnt had a set up of any kind an no cat. It should just pass its mot.

[Snowface]

mine do 30-38mpg (motorway). They went through MOT fine last week on emissions and havn't touched them since November when it was r/r'd.

[Dan]

just a general reminder...................

A common problem with twin carbs is the setting up of them, and no it isnt always down to the actual tune of them. If the throttle is fully open before the pedal hits the stop inside the car then you could possibly have a bent spindle which will make them awkward as hell to set up spot on.

Personally i have set mine so when the pedal is slammed to the floor solid, someone on the engine side can still push the linkage about 2mm further on full throttle. This is possibly why i have managed to maintain a good state of tune considering the abuse it has undergone over the last 18mths.

It is something daft to mention, and noone ever admits to having it set wrong lol, but its still worth a check for the sake of 2 minutes

[NovaloadedAgain]

That could possibly be part of the problem, im gonna go check.