Date:         Wed, 25 Mar 1998 05:55:33 -0800
Reply-To:     Sam Scholten <vwvanagon@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         Sam Scholten <vwvanagon@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Carbs on my '91 Westie Syncro---"The Story"
Comments: To: Malcolm Stebbins <mstebbins@HOTMAIL.COM>
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Sounds interesting...a buddy of mine had a spare Weber 4bbl and Bosch
009 and stuck those in his Bug and it flies now! I'll bet you've got
some power for a Wasserboxer.

Did any of you check out the Hot VWs from about a year ago that had
the Karmann Ghia with the 1.9 Wasserboxer installed? It was carbed,
and if memory serves, it was set up like a '73-'74 bus, or an old Type
III- dual Solexes. I forget if the car had a balance pipe between the
carbs.

>Also at 110 kph (65 ish mph) there is
> a small vibration (like tires slightly out of balance, or a bit of a
> washboard road) but the vibration disappears if I back off the
throttle
> a hair,

That just sounds like the van needs a front-end alignment, nothing
more. Out of balance tires wobble or shimmy at any speed. Buffeting at
65 but smoothing out when you back off the accelerator is a classic
case of a bad alignment.

>(maybe an
> intake manifold designed for carbs would help).

The Wasserboxer is essentially a Type I motor. If you're looking for
an intake manifold, I would start by looking at one for a Bug. There
will be much less modding to do to that than the airflow distributor
that comes with the FI motor (yikes!) You might get by with just an
adapter kit like the guy I know did, assuming the carb will clear the
lid. It should- some English Vanagons had the predecessor to the
Wboxer in the form of the Type I motor-carbed- with different tin and
fan to fit the engine compartment.

Let me know how your resto goes when you return home to Canada!

Best of luck,
Sam

=
"Punk's not dead (it just sucks right now)"
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