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Posted by: spare time toys Oct 22 2004, 08:35 AM

I hope these will do. Hey Jake can you shed light on these. You seemed interested in them. Anyone else who knows about them or want to chime in feel free

Posted by: spare time toys Oct 22 2004, 08:40 AM

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Posted by: spare time toys Oct 22 2004, 08:43 AM

and view 5 the tin duct thing on the front of fan is coming off its a P/O thing.

Posted by: spare time toys Oct 22 2004, 02:07 PM

Quick bump to be sure Carrera916 sees this.

Posted by: Carrera916 Oct 22 2004, 03:11 PM

Hey....

thanks for showing....yeah, it is a later Solex carb based on the texture of the body surface (carb body)....the ones I worked on were sand cast type for 4 cammers....however, the ones you have are also used in most 356...some use the Zeniths which I personally think it's piece a crap....


I can maybe see why Jake likes the manifolds....it looks like a beefy one that can withstand any BS going on in the engine compartment

....and what I see and like the most, is the way it holds the crossbar linkage system, independently from the carbs...that's neat if you need to pull the carb fast out without having to mess around with the crossbar....neat...

so Jake, what's got you all "woody" over the manifolds?

i'm curious to know....

Posted by: Brett W Oct 22 2004, 03:23 PM

You want to part with those. I will trade you two sets of adapted Weber manifolds with different port configurations plus an acceptable amount of cash.

Posted by: spare time toys Oct 22 2004, 05:38 PM

How does a Weber mount to the manifold? Or whats Weber adapted? Not sure if I want to part with them just yet cause then I would have to find carbs, manifolds,and linkage when I have it now. Im just not sure if this is going to be a headach carb set up like some have sugested.

Posted by: spare time toys Oct 23 2004, 07:52 AM

one last time in the hope Jake will fill us in

Posted by: rhodyguy Oct 23 2004, 08:00 AM

my guess is short runner length.

Posted by: davep Oct 23 2004, 08:03 AM

Interestingly, a very early 914/4 came to the US with this type of set-up. It was not DOT certified so could not be licenced. So this particular design was around as early as 1969. Does anyone recall the details of the kit used for racing?

Posted by: Brett W Oct 24 2004, 09:58 AM

I will modify the weber intakes to mount your Solex carbs so that it will be a direct swap.