Weber Jets, ...what does a good clean one look like? Options

[7TPorsh]

In the process o trying to get the car to run smooth I have removed the jets from my Webers.

If I understand this properly there are three pieces: tube holder, jet, and cap.

As I removed them, one jet had come out of its tube holder and was sitting in the carb. A little coaxing and pressing and I was able to remove the jet fine. I thought I would squeeze the tabs on the holder a little so it would hold the jet better; but in doing so a tab broke off. metal seems very brittle.

Tube can hold jet ok but I think I need a new tube...are these available?

If the jet was not pressed tight into the tube; would it affect performance?

[DBCooper]

Weber and Dellorto parts are still around, no problem. ACE is excellent. CB Performance also carries everything you'd need, and they're the source for the CB Jet Doctors that help keep crap out of your idle jets. Don't worry about that now, finish what you're doing and their usefulness will become clear as you drive the car and get practice blowing out the jets roadside.

Another place I really like is Pierce Manifolds , down in Gilroy. Art and CB are big in the VW scene, Pierce does VW's too, but they take it on into hot rods, motorcycles, SCCA MG's, Cobras and anything else you can put Webers on, check some of these out: Pierce Photo Gallery. If you ever wondered where those guys get those four IDF manifolds and all that ridiculously complicated linkage for their V8 hot rods, it's Pierce. Nice guys, too.

John at Aircooled.net is another excellent resource, a LOT of knowledge. He can be cranky like our own Krusty, but over the years I've realized he's also usually right, so it's worth paying attention. There is a series of articles on his site about tuning Webers that are written in layman's terms that should be helpful.

I've become old and lazy so I hate Webers myself, but nobody can deny how good they sound and go when they're on.