Carb enrichment thingy, Howz it work Options

[Joe Ricard]

I was going through my boxes of parts again from the DAPO. Found these 40 IDF enrichment plates. Now these are cool. Whats it take to put them on and is it worth the hassle. My 44's are SOOOOO cold blooded.
Whats the rig up for a cable. Maybe some vent ducting actuator (push pull)cables.

Anybody ever use them???

[Reiche]

I hooked them up on my friend's 44 IDFs. It was a pain but worth it. Unfortunately it wasn't a particular elegant or well-engineered solution. My inspiration was the e-brake setup, since it also takes a single cable and splits it to two separate cables.

I used a some bicycle derailleur cables, housing and ferrules (I owned a bike shop at the time.) Inside the car I used a spare heater lever mounted on the top side of the center console. I snaked it behind the dash and out through a small hole the PO had drilled in the firewall (purpose unknown.)
Inside the engine compartment I had to split the cable so it could go to each carb. I did this by making a small "box" out of some thin steel bar plate that was stiff enough not to deform too much when the cable was pulled. This was screwed to the body. On the ends of the cable housing I used ferrules with "nipples" on them that sat in holes I drilled in the bar.
Inside the "box" I had the "in" cable pull on a small bar that the "out" cables were attached to. I had to buy some barrel-shaped cable-end stops to attach to the cut ends of the cables. Each "out" cable then was routed to a carb.
If you want I can attempt a pictorial representation.

Pulling the lever made cold starting MUCH easier.

With more fabrication skill I think something much more elegant could be easily made. All I used was a vise and a Makita drill.