Weber 44 IDF's - keep - or find original d-jet? |
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Weber 44 IDF's - keep - or find original d-jet? |
Gatornapper |
Oct 9 2017, 04:03 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,259 Joined: 22-September 17 From: Woods west of Richmond, VA Member No.: 21,449 Region Association: South East States |
Questions re: Weber 44 IDF carbs:
1. Is anyone running these on a stock engine, and if so, how do they perform? National Carburetors kit for stock engines is 34 ICT's, lightly modified 40 IDF's, and only 44's on heavily modified engines. 2. What problems do you introduce using 44's? other than dumping too much fuel in the engine...... 3. Venturi's are 45mm, someone pointed out that one should use 40mm venturi's - is that with a stock engine? 4. Anyone run 44's and then convert back to EFI? How did that go? Labor cost? TIA, GN |
thelogo |
May 9 2020, 10:47 PM
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Senior Member Group: Retired Members Posts: 1,510 Joined: 6-April 10 Member No.: 11,572 Region Association: None |
Use some common sense
Is your car a daily driver. D in djet stand for daily . Its the best at that. Or Is your car a once a week to a car show driver . Webbers will be more fun if your driving more Aggressively/ flat out |
Gatornapper |
May 10 2020, 07:27 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,259 Joined: 22-September 17 From: Woods west of Richmond, VA Member No.: 21,449 Region Association: South East States |
Car is daily driver, not a show car & never will be, but the Weber's are on and working well for my daily driving....and I will admit, I am somewhat heavy-footed in the 914 sometimes - but more than half the time happy with slow easy acceleration - thus my 25 - 30 mpg......
One other thing is - I live in the country, and do little city driving in the 914....and most of the roads around me and to the west are twisty - and I love pushing the car through the turns.......not the usual driving of most folks....... For me to put my D-jet on would a.) a lot of work; b.) a lot of trouble-shooting as PO of the D-jet said engine was not running well when he pulled it from his '76 and that's why he pulled it; c.) I'm an electrical guy with FI experience so from all the stuff on the web (like rennlist, bowlsby.com, etc.) I think I can probably trouble-shoot it, but my concern is what if the ECU is bad? Everyone has me so sold on the advantages of the D-jet, I'm willing to try it after doing a lot of other things I want to do on the car - but many have said, "Don't mess with it if the carbs are running well." They are. Maybe in a year or 2 when other priorities die down, Lord-willing, I'll try the D-jet just to see what it's like......I'm 75 and with this virus every day is a gift, and no tomorrow is guaranteed.......but in one sense, I'd kind of like the challenge of getting the D-jet on and running well. Then I could decide which I like best.... GN PS: The ECU I have clearly says it is re-built.......but no one is doing that anymore, right? Use some common sense Is your car a daily driver. D in djet stand for daily . Its the best at that. Or Is your car a once a week to a car show driver . Webbers will be more fun if your driving more Aggressively/ flat out |
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