Craig, I believe Datrally in melbourne still stock the twin webber manifold. An alternative is Gorden Dobbie from the Datsun performance center (also in Melb) sell a slightly different manifold equivalent to datrally's. He say his is better to Datrally's, Datrally say there's is better. They go for around $250 new.
Second hand ones are about but, my experience of getting three second hand ones is that usually they are all a bit butchered as the studs that hold the carbs in are never in alignment. Datrally manifolds are designed for 48mm carbs from memory. 45mm weber carbs have the same body as the 48's. 40's are a different carb body and may not work as well on the datrally manifold due to the large diameter at the carb/ manifold surface. I don't know if they come as blanks when you buy them new, but if they do get a competent machinist to set the carbs up on it. I would be aiming to have throttle shafts on both carbs in perfect alignment and all the studs at 90 deg to the carb surface so the carbs can be slipped on and off with ease. Performance wharehouse in Melb sell the studs for $3 for four. Use good soft mounts too. Regards Trev -----Original Message----- From: Terry Rudd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, 12 December 2001 0:33 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: carbies Craig, I'm not to sure if you can still buy them new - I sold my 2 x 45 with Datrally a couple of years ago and I have only seen one around here since. Someone from Melbourne may know what you can still buy these days. A mate of mine picked up a set of 45's off an Escort out of the local rag for $400 and the only 38mm manifold that he could get for a L20B in Canberra was a Cannon for ~$330 and I wasn't too impressed with the quality but that was the choice. TR -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Craig Guppy Sent: Tuesday, 11 December 2001 12:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 --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]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
