From my experience, a single-barrel carb will work fine on any displacement engine, as long as you are not looking for "performance". My 1984 Ford F150 has a 300 cubic inch 6 with one barrel - lots of torque, but it won't win any races - or mileage competitions. I think you will find also that you may get better mileage with dual single barrels, if you don't flog it, because of better fuel delivery. There's a reason that newer cars went from throttle-body injectors (like a carb) to individual port injectors. You get a fair amount of fuel condensing along the long intake runners of a stock ACWV engine, fuel that does not get used efficiently. The 1968 - up throttle damper air pollution control was put on to prevent this fuel from vaporizing when the throttle is closed suddenly, creating a super-rich mixture for a little while.
Chuck Kuecker John Benedetto wrote: > a type 4 be a possibility? the limited research I've done on the web says > the type 4 is pretty much bullet proof in a type 1... You have to invest in > the conversion hardware, or figure out to fab it yourself... It *is* all > factory parts, too (if you're concerned about such things) > > Don't know if it can run on a 1 barrel, though... for some reason, it's on > my head that the conversion stuff to make it fit in a type 1 means dual carbs > (but they could be factory carbs, couldn't they?) > > Good luck with it (& keep us updated on your progress...) > > - john > > >>>> On 4/6/2007 at 5:08 PM, in message >>>> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "No Quarter" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I've queried the buskatiers list in the past about this but thought I would >> pick the brains of this group to see what everyone had to say. Slowly but >> surely the engine in Li'l Red is getting tired. It's nothing that bothers >> me seriously - he doesn't smoke or anything yet but it's brought to mind a >> question I have often wondered. What is the largest displacement VW engine >> a person can build and run a single barrel carburetor on? I know in theory >> you should be able to build a nice Berg 2180 and bog it down with a nice >> single barrel carb but I know of no actual proven combination one can use. >> I've thought of doing like a 1915 with a Weber progressive but I read and >> hear dual opinions. I don't want to run to duals and I want chokes. So >> what does that limit me to? Maybe a stock engine with a DLI blower? LOL! I >> >> love the reliability of the stock setup but would love a little more power >> as well. >> >> Thanks for the insights. >> >> Erin >> >> _ _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
