first, no pics. sorry.

yesterday was the day to go from a single carb to dual webers. i was counting on a 30-40 hp gain from the otherwise stock 1.7. maybe someday...

Dino was coming over to help with adjustment later, but i figured i could get the ball rolling. so, out came the tools, and into the engine bay i dove.

everything coming out was pretty straight forward. i even remembered to disconnect the fuel pump, and to cap off the line. even figured out how to take off the accelerator cable pivot pin (2, count 'em, 2 mm hex).

anyway, to make a long story short, i was playing with the linakge when dino, his lovely wife, and sapphie the wonder wheaton came over for dinner. not wasting any time at all, dino dives in and makes sense of my mess of the linkage. after some metal modification ala sledgehammer (no, i am not making that up), it is time to light the fire. or "fahr" if you will.

the good news: it started right up! wow did it. only one or two flames came out of the top of the left bank carb whilst dino was doing his magic, narrowly missing his facial hair.

the bad news, and the plea for advice (yes, you know this appeal was coming, so don't act surprisec): how does vacuum effect all this? i need to complete the routing of new (and as of now nonexistent) vacuum hoses. is there a rationale to all this? i, i mean, we, cannot begin to adjust the carbs until this stuff is in place.

so now my daily driver languishes in the garage, all because of my quest for horsepower. i offer this brief narrative so that all of you across the nation and world don't get the idea that everyone in the pacific northwest is a 914 guru of some sort. people like JP and Geoff and Kevin and Dave and Craig and Dino and Al and Dan, etc., etc.,etc. ( i can't begin to name them all) would give you the impression that all teener drivers up here have a vast wealth of knowledge. well, it just isn't true. i am here, sponging information and knowledge off of these guys, and all of you, whenever and however i can. call me a 914 parasite...