Terry, thanks for the advice. i was sorta hoping you'd say that 45s would give more power. (just so i had an excuse to get them, yeah 40s are cheaper but like you said 45s sound awesome) i'll keep my eye out in the quokka for the webers. just one other thing, how hard are the datrally manifolds to get hold of and how much should i budget for spending. cheers, craig
>From: "Terry Rudd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: carbies >Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 00:10:24 +1100 > >Craig, >In my opinion 2 x 40mm DCOE's are fine for a mild L18 as either twin 40's >or >45's would be choked down to 36mm or 38mm anyway. 45's have a certain >prestige factor attached to them and the most delightful induction noise >you'll ever hear but really very little in the way of extra performance >over >40's so I'd see what comes up and go from there. The manifold that you get >will give you more in the way of driveable power especially if it's port >matched eg Datrally. Tuned headers are fine eg HM21RC, again not much in >the >way of increased performance over the cast SSS manifold but they sound >great. 2.25" exhaust is also fine for either size but use good quality >mufflers. I like Walkers mainly because they are not too exy, flow >reasonably well and have a good life span in my climate (Canberra which is >cold and we get a lot of condensation which kills cheap mufflers) so I >guess >I'm saying I've found them to be good value for money. There are other good >ones out there (I've also had good life out of Rapid and to a lesser extent >Lukey) that do the job in the medium price range. > >A couple of things to consider: >With DCOE's more often than not you'll need to budget in a dizzy re-curve >as >you don't usually run a vacuum advance unit with them, although with some >engines you can get away without having to do this. > >If you can't get a set that's pretty much setup then ppl that know how to >tune them are getting rare. >Parts for webers are exy and a little hard to find if you're not in a cap >city. > >regards >Terry > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Craig Guppy >Sent: Monday, 10 December 2001 9:47 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: carbies > > >list, >i'm looking to upgrade my carbies from SU's to Webers soon. i've got an >L18, >medium street cam (powerband 3000-6500rpm), and ported and polished. i'm >not >sure whether to get twin sidedraft 40s or 45s (would 45s be too much carb >for the engine?). i also want to put extractors on. should i do this first >before changing the carbies? and if so will a 2 and a quarter inch exhaust >be enough. >any help you can give would be appreciated. >craig > >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
