Any Luck With Single Carb Options

[rickso71]

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.

[Dr. Roger]

Hmmm, I ran a single 1 barrel weber in my 1.6 Ghia and it ran like a tank. Warm and cold weather. Zero problems. Dirt cheap. Bought it at Buggy House in Hayward, CA. Did I mention it was dirt cheap? Hot and cold? =-)

I did hear of a guy who heated his intakes in the winter... Didn't get the details though.

Quote from another website:
Are you running with the vacuum advance on the distributor? If so plug the vacuum hole in the carb and the line to the distributor and see if that helps. I tried using the vacuum advance without luck and am now only using the mechanical advance. I set my timing at 34 degrees total advance at 4000 rpm and let idle advance work itself out. This eliminated the stumble I had with my setup.

Hope this helps..

Oh and for the FI option. Hot VW mag just had a FI setup article in detail. Probably search for it. $3K with everything included. U install the O2 bung and the laptop for tuning.

Roger