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Re: What are the true benefits of a Weber carb?

To: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>,
Subject: Re: What are the true benefits of a Weber carb?
From: Barrie Robinson <barrier@bconnex.net>
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 13:41:14 -0400
Weber can be Edelbrock too!

The Edelbrock 1404 is sold in Europe as a Weber.


At 12:11 AM 8/7/00 -0400, Trevor Boicey wrote:
>Larry Macy wrote:
>> So anyway I don't think the Weber will cause it to fail emissions just
>> cuz it is a Weber.
>
>  It may sound anal, but it's very important to not just
>say "a weber".
>
>  There are a few different types of weber, and some of them
>are as different as can be.
>
>  The two most used Webers for LBC uses are DGV-style and
>DCOE-style. These two happen to be exemplary of that "as
>different as can be".
>
>  The DGV is a simple carb, not an incredible performer
>but acceptable, easy to live with, holds it's tune well,
>and so on. This is often used as a reliability replacement
>for a clapped out set of SUs or for a ZS.
>
>  Putting a DGV in place of SUs is unlikely to see gains
>unless the SUs were beyond their sell date. Putting a
>DGV in place of an ZS is normally a noticeable performance
>boost.
>
>  The DCOE however is a different beast, it's a sidedraft
>carb that more or less takes a rolling road to set up
>properly. I suspect that 90% of the DCOEs out there are
>not tuned up to their potential, or even not tuned well
>enough to be credible street cars. (think of all the times
>you hear "has the typical weber dead spot on acceleration",
>what you are really hearing is "I have no idea how to tune
>these things and am too stubborn to admit it could be
>my fault so I blame the carbs".)
>
>  Anyways, a well set up DCOE can give you a slight
>performance boost and still remain very streetable. If
>you make other mods to your car such as a reprofiled
>cam, porting, and so on, a DCOE is just the thing to
>squeeze every bit of juice out of it.
>
>  I sincerely beleive most people are best off with
>twin SUs. Most people and most mechanics can tune them
>so that they deliver the full capacity of performance
>and road manners.
>
>-- 
>Trevor Boicey, P. Eng.
>Ottawa, Canada, tboicey@brit.ca
>ICQ #17432933 http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/
>"Let me handle this, I speak Yokel..." - Duckman
>
>


Regards
Barrie Robinson
barrier@bconnex.net



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