I have two for sale one is big portish the other smaller ports(L16). Neither is Shagged ,Look like new. Does the Datrally one have dat??? and a part number cast in the middle of it?? Malcolm
"Pooley, Trevor" wrote: > 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]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
