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> EMPI carbs, was this a mistake ?
scotty b
post Mar 20 2008, 06:24 PM
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Bought a set of EMPI carbs for a customers car. WHY Empis? Because after 2 weeks of unreturned calls to Weber direct we got fed up and called an Alfa supplier and he recommended the EMPIS. According to him they are as good as the Weber and is the same design. MY issue so far is the manifolds fit like SH*T I spent 30 minutes going from the car to the drill press reaming out ALL 4 holes to get the F-ers to fit.2 center holes had to be drilled out to 3/8" and the outer slots had to be drilled out to 3/8 AND lengthend. Was this a vision into the future (tommorrow) of how things will go when I start the car up ?

Once the manifolds were done everything else went fine. Is this a common issue and will the carbs end up being problematic?
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post Mar 20 2008, 07:32 PM
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are you getting some velocity stacks for those?
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post Mar 20 2008, 07:42 PM
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QUOTE(SirAndy @ Mar 20 2008, 05:32 PM) *

are you getting some velocity stacks for those?
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No, the engine in all honesty is a time bomb. I don't want to go into details here but the P.O. "built" a 2056. I thought, and Mark confirmed, what he did is assemble a pile of cheap parts to create a 2056. He had a Weber progressive on the engine and I felt it best to go with the duals to stave off the inevitable. This car was a classic E-bay f-up. Had the guy contacted me first I could have asked one of you guys out in Cali to check this thing out and saved him a LOT of money. But in the end it is what it is and all I can do is try and get him alittle fun with it.

I have already told him the engine s junk and to plan on a PROPER rebuld in the next year or 2 ( if he is lucky) Carbs were done as I said to give the engine what little help we could as well as planning for a GOOD 2056 build later.

For those who saw it this is the car I was looking for info on a month or so ago.

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...504&hl=info
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post Mar 20 2008, 07:54 PM
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Scotty I would love to come by and take a look a this. Just put in a set of duals and I'm having some trouble with venting. Is there no PCV valve on the oil filler on this car. Are they not there on the 2.0?
Good looking install...
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scotty b   EMPI carbs   Mar 20 2008, 06:24 PM
scotty b   PICS before somebody gives me the smilie <_<   Mar 20 2008, 06:32 PM
r_towle   B)-->
QUOTE(scotty b @ M...   Mar 20 2008, 06:33 PM
So.Cal.914   :popcorn:   Mar 20 2008, 06:39 PM
Krieger914   Let us know how/if they work.   Mar 20 2008, 06:45 PM
scotty b   Let us know how/if they work. :thumbsup: Abs...   Mar 20 2008, 06:51 PM
Krieger914   Good work. How did the carbs match up with the man...   Mar 20 2008, 06:56 PM
Cap'n Krusty   You try Worldpac's "Redline" divisio...   Mar 20 2008, 06:59 PM
scotty b   Everything was fine except the manifold to head bo...   Mar 20 2008, 07:03 PM
SirAndy   are you getting some velocity stacks for those? :...   Mar 20 2008, 07:32 PM
scotty b   are you getting some velocity stacks for those? ...   Mar 20 2008, 07:42 PM
pete914   Scotty I would love to come by and take a look a t...   Mar 20 2008, 07:54 PM
scotty b   Scotty I would love to come by and take a look a ...   Mar 20 2008, 07:56 PM
Jake Raby   Weber won't be here in a year.. Thats the word...   Mar 20 2008, 07:37 PM
Gint   Can't wait to see some real time, running eval...   Mar 20 2008, 09:04 PM
rhodyguy   what does the empi kit go for retail? get a triad ...   Mar 21 2008, 07:13 AM
pete914   yea, I was just thinking about parts for our weber...   Mar 21 2008, 08:12 AM
brer   I had a 1911cc type 1 over at my place the other d...   Mar 21 2008, 09:55 AM
pankopp   i have HPMXs on my 1.7 they didn't have any m...   Mar 21 2008, 06:41 PM
scotty b   :thumbsup: Well I found enough time today to get t...   Mar 21 2008, 06:48 PM
ericread   JPB Feb 2 2008, 09:34 AM Post #5 The Crimson ...   Mar 21 2008, 10:41 PM
JPB   Hehehe! Sounds like he might have a mid ran...   Mar 22 2008, 06:55 AM
scotty b   Final verdict.... I'd buy em :) Got the ...   Mar 28 2008, 09:18 PM
lonnie152   [quote name='scotty b' date='Mar 28 20...   Apr 7 2008, 10:57 AM
scotty b   B)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOT...   Apr 7 2008, 07:30 PM
rhodyguy   yep, sync twice. on the second go round leave one ...   Apr 8 2008, 08:11 AM
lonnie152   two more questions: 1. do i have to replace fuel ...   Apr 8 2008, 08:28 AM
rhodyguy   if you are running an F.I. pump, YES, replace it. ...   Apr 8 2008, 09:17 AM
lonnie152   again really great info. ordered EMPI's this m...   Apr 8 2008, 01:29 PM
scotty b   O.E. is fine.....for now :shades2: you will be BE...   Apr 8 2008, 06:34 PM
lonnie152   thanks so much for advice. got carbs on saturday...   Apr 14 2008, 11:37 AM
lonnie152   did more reading and what i find is that a fully c...   Apr 23 2008, 10:20 AM
Carlitos Way   Mallory Unilite is the best. I'm running a pe...   Apr 23 2008, 06:31 PM
keebler117   I just purchased the EMPI 44 Carb kit from eBay......   May 8 2008, 01:35 AM

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