carburator jets, accuracy of carburator jets. Options

[ME733]

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif) well gang just reciently there have been some posts about carburator jets, air correction jets,jet carrier, and their location, and how to read them. My question is this. For those who have measured /verified /checked the accuracy of Jets, (both air and mains) who would you recommend , and who would you purchase them from?. I ask the question because some "new" jets I have collected are a little off. examples, 120,s were 130,s, 125,s were 135,s, 130,s were 145,s...etc., it,s easy enough to drill out a small jet and make it larger.(with jet drills) but this doesn't work in reverse naturally. So who would you recommend for new accurate Jets! or other accurately made carburator parts. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif)

[charliew]

I don't live in town and soldering jets always seemed to be the thing for me. I never used a jet without trying a drill in it to see what size it was before going to a different size. Course it also needed to be acid core solder that was stored away from anything you don't want rusted.

My first attempt at shade tree carb tuning was a two one barrel setup on my straight six chevy. Took it out on the hwy to check it out and it backfired and started burning (no hood or fenders). It just happened to be in front of the local airport and they saw it from about 1/4 mile away and came and put it out and I drove it back home. The only problem was I drilled too many things out and had to go to the junkyard for more carbs.

Many years later I drilled some jets on my t1 and didn't try it on the hwy and the next monday morning I had to drive about 100 miles to school and it would only go 60 in third, boy that was a long 100 miles. At lunch on monday my classmate took me to the local vw dealer and I got some new stock jets to put back in it.