you should here twin 50's above 5000 rpm at WOT BEATIFUL!!!!!!!!!, Heath ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Alford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 1:13 PM Subject: Re: carbies
> Craig, > > The 45's not only sound awsome but are quite loud. A mate of mine got black > flagged at eastern creek because of noise. The only change he had made to > the car was to remove the air filters from the Webbers. To get the car under > the 96dba limit he needed to re-fit the aircleaners to muffle the webbers, > so make sure you keep your foot off the gas when the boys in blue are > around. > > Mark. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Craig Guppy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 1:52 PM > Subject: RE: carbies > > > > 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]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
