Date:         Wed, 16 Aug 2006 19:09:37 -0400
Reply-To:     David Bohannan <fjazzbass@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         David Bohannan <fjazzbass@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Carb conversion?
Comments: To: Jonce Fancher <streetbugs@whispllc.com>
In-Reply-To:  <vanagon%2006081618501468@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
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Dave

On 8/16/06, Jonce Fancher <streetbugs@whispllc.com> wrote:
>
> 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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