Date:         Wed, 16 Aug 2006 18:50:11 -0400
Reply-To:     Jonce Fancher <streetbugs@WHISPLLC.COM>
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From:         Jonce Fancher <streetbugs@WHISPLLC.COM>
Subject:      Re: Carb conversion?
Comments: To: Malcolm Stebbins <mwstebbins@YAHOO.COM>
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I guess the Question is for the Vanagons 83.5 to 91. Is there a company offering Carb kits for the intake as a bolt on?? I know carbs were in some
european and other markets. but is there a kit to do this like a brosal or solex even webers single or dual? Ive never seen one offered up by anyone but
would be interested for fun. Presently both my 84 and 85 are FI but the 85 is not running well till warmed up so I need to find out why. c-ya Jonce

>www.CIP1.com has some air intake manifolds & carbs for the air-cooled.  I've been told that these
>do not fit water cooled engines, but I'm not the expert.

>I have been running a carb (first a Solex and now a Weber) carb on my 91 syncro westy for the past
>9 or 10 years and I have come to perfer it:  what power there is, is RIGHT NOW when you put your
>foot down. And carbs doon't fail the way EFI does, carbs give one about 1,000 miles warning (rough
>running) prior to shutting down the van.   I get about the same gas milage as other EFI syncro
>westies.

>Down side is, there's a bit more air pollution, and if there are emmission tests in your
>state/provence, a carb'ed  van might fail.

>FWIW, my carb'ed 91 syncro westy is for sale, and the '89 van I'm replacing it with, I might just
>take off the EFI and put on a carb.   Malcolm (Halifax NS)

>--- Mike Rouby <mikerouby@YAHOO.COM> wrote:

>> Any swap their aircooled (Type 4) or Wasserboxer over to carb?  Why and any benefits?
>>
>>   Just bought my 81 which I swapped to a progressive holley single carb.
>>
>>   Thanks.

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Jonce Fancher

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