mild cam, triple webers

[moyest]

Well, I finally had triple Weber carbs fitted to my L24.

Previously I was running standard bottom end with ported/polished head and a re-profiled cam (fairly mild). I noticed a bit of improvement in performance, especially on the highway in 3rd/4th/5th gears.

Had my triple Webers fitted and tuned yesterday, on TWM manifold (thanks Tony for the complete set-up all the way from Florida to Australia).

The expense was horific! The mechanic had to reshape my extractors before he could get the manifold on. He also wrapped them in heat-insulating material to stop the petrol boiling.

There was more "fiddling" to get the accelerator linkage hooked up, and a few dollars spent on nylon nuts and pretty bits.

End result: $1,300 spent! (that's Australian dollars... but still, thirteen hundred bucks is thirteen hundred bucks!!).

Performance: Incredible 30hp gain (at rear wheels)! Incredible because the standard horsepower (at the rear wheels) is around 100hp or just under. So a gain like that must be nearly 30%!

Sound: Unbelievable - with my sports exhaust set-up it used to sound like a V8 on "Ritilin", but now it sounds like a 1950's/1960's Ferrari on speed!

Smell: definitely more fumes! :sick: :sick:

Message to all the weber-cynics out there:

TRIPLE WEBERS ROCK!

[trs]

where did you get your triples from and what size, specs are they?

I have been looking for ages for a decent set of triples to no avail..

Your results are all the more convincing for me since I have an almost identical setup to what you describe- my L24 is stroked to 2.8 though.

**hang on just reread your post properly and realised you bought the setup from america.

Was that 1300 for EVERYTHING? fitted and tuned?

thats actually not a bad price considering each individual carb costs about 700 bucks bare.

[2ManyZs]

trs, you might want to look at what this guy has to offer... all you need then is the manifold and linkage.... but, for what he asks for carbs, you'd be saving enough to get most any manifold.....

http://cgi6.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&userid=alfa1750&include=0&since=-1&sort=3&rows=50

[Z Kid]

TRS there is a local guy (South Aus) who is trying to sell his webber carbs (I think they are 44's). Just came off a 260Z motor about a month ago, was running beautifully. Should be just a matter of bolting up. He wants about 1200, but I am sure he would be willing to negotiate. PM me if you want more details.

Cheers Chris

[moyest]

TRS, I agree - if there's a guy in Aussie selling a Z set-up, take it!

My quoted cost of AU$1,300 was just for the fitting and tuning!!! Because of all of the fiddling around (see my thread in the "Carburettors" section). It was nuts, but I'm happy anyway.

I purchased my carbs from USA. Basically, some dude had bought them for his 240Z, then decided to buy his girlfriend an engagement ring instead. So he was flogging BRAND NEW never-been-installed Webers and TWM manifold (and linkage kit) at secondhand prices. What luck!

I paid $1,300 for the entire package (including US$180 shipping). Now THAT'S saving some money! Usually they're about AU$650 to $700 per carb, so that's $2,000+ right there!

Money spent from "go" to "woah" = AU$2,600.

Now, for that sort of money you could probably have an entire L28 block rebuilt to whatever high-performance standards you want! (OK, maybe not, but close!)

Cheers

Z Car Nut

[trs]

moyest, your excitement is contagious.

Pm for you Z kid.

[trs]

Originally posted by 2ManyZs

trs, you might want to look at what this guy has to offer... all you need then is the manifold and linkage.... but, for what he asks for carbs, you'd be saving enough to get most any manifold.....

http://cgi6.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&userid=alfa1750&include=0&since=-1&sort=3&rows=50

I checked out the carbs on that ebay site and they are indeed an absolute steal..

only sticking point is they are weber DCOM's as opposed to the more popular dcoe.

Ive had a quick gander on google about the various differences and information is scant and vague at best.

Anyone had experience with these DCOM carbs?

They are supposed to be more advanced than the dcoe ones.

[2ManyZs]

He has DCOE's as well as DCOM's but not all the time in his auctions...

He's got a good variety of both Weber and Dell Orto's, so just check back on his auction page or e-mail him, I'd be willing to be he has what you want. He had some good prices on Solex the other day when I last looked.

FWIW, he has rebuild kits for nearly every carb he sells, but very seldom ever lists them singly....

[seerex]

i am very excited as well , but not sure thats my next step in my redoing , but I did find these online very reasonable from what i have seen , but i think I might go with mikunishttp://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=34198&item=2448504765

[2ManyZs]

Uh, seerex, those Webers belong to one of our own members...EricB....

http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10059

I just saw a set of 44 Mikuni's on Ebay this week....

Here's a site that has Mikuni's and parts....

http://www.wolfcreekracing.com/classified.htm

[seerex]

ahh did not know that , i saved the link to the wolfcreek website , gotta save my pennies for the mikuni's, is there any big diffrence in the mikuni weber solex or dollretos ?

[2ManyZs]

I don't think there is a huge performance difference between them, but you will find that a lot of people swear by the ones they have learned to tune.

Tuning them correctly is the biggest challenge.