When I got the great deal for the carb's ($150 Pair new) I assumed that this
was a common occurrence. then I went looking for a manifold -- no luck, so I
asked this remarkable machinist that I had the pleasure of knowing to make
me adaptor plates. He machined out of 1" aluminum plate these two identical
works of art. The bores exactly match the carb bore and the manifold bore,
so each hole is eccentric and conical. I went with K&N filters and have room
to the fender well. I also wrapped the exhaust manifold with fiberglass tape
to try to cool it down. So now I am at the difficult stage.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Hollands" <bholland@hayes.ds.adp.com>
To: "James B. Horn" <jamesbhorn@outerbounds.net>
Cc: "Datsun Roadster Mailing list" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 6:43 AM
Subject: RE: In General Comments
> I went looking for Weber info (as an alternative to the high cost of solex
> carbs) and found very little. There is no Weber manifold for the U20 so
you
> have to have a solex manifold. The linkage works backwards, push instead
of
> pull. Neither of these are major problems. The general consensus from
> those that I spoke to is that the Weber's can never quite get dialed in
> right. I think this is likely a problem related to taking time to set
them
> up properly as they seem to run well on Z cars. The problem is that for
> most application you can call the Weber tech line and they will give you a
> set up that gets you in the ballpark. With the roadster they have no such
> info to share. The flat spots and such that the Weber's experience in all
> likelihood comes from not having the right emulsion tube (Jet block in
solex
> speak). Weber lists 16 different emulsion tubes at least a dozen of which
> are possibilities for the roadster. With so many choices it seems certain
> that you could find the right set up but it might take a very long time to
> come up with it. It's also possible, though I would think unlikely, that
> there isn't a good emulsion tube for the roadster. There just doesn't
seem
> to be much info out there.
> BTW the 45 DCOE would be the equivalent of the 44PHH solex
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