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Any Luck With Single Carb |
rickso71 |
Aug 29 2005, 08:18 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 74 Joined: 31-October 04 From: Derry, NH Member No.: 3,041 |
I've seen the advice... dual carbs or FI... DON"T GO SINGLE CARB! I plan to return to FI, possibly over the winter, but unfortunately right now all I have is a single carb and it's not running very well and I want to drive the car for a while before winter.
Anyone have a single progressive carb setup that runs OK? Not looking for blistering acceleration just something driveable. My problem is giving gas off idle causes a stumble and I need to work the gas to be able to accelerate. Don't know if single carb can be driveable or if just something wrong with my setup. Have tried different settings of mixture. The car is a '71 1.7L with Weber 32/36 DFEV. |
eg914 |
Aug 29 2005, 09:28 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 319 Joined: 17-June 04 From: Elk Grove, CA Member No.: 2,223 Region Association: None |
Mine is also a 1.7L. The single carb is a terrible induction system in the winter. The fuel seems to settle out of the air in the runners, and the car is very difficult to keep running. If its cold enough outside its like the car never warms up!
At other times of the year it is fine as long as I don't park for more than 15 minutes and less than enough for the engine to cool. The elec. choke likes to close before the engine is cold, and is too slow to reopen. This makes for a hard and smokey/smelly start. Once it reopens all is fine. Acceleration is adequate, and milage is OK. I've been averaging about 26 mpg on my daily commute. No flat air cooled engine should have only one carb. |
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