[alfa] 83 Spider Carbs or Bosch?

["Andy B." <bctech@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

I got a deal on an 83 spider that I could not turn down this week (that's
what they all use to rationalize one more car). The previous owner had
started to tear apart the car to re-do it and had had a start problem with
the Bosch fuel injection. He said it would start and run fine and then if
you turned it off and went to restart it would not go depending on whether
today was your day. Could be a lot of other things but he thought it was the
Bosch. So he started to tear it out and had a set of carbs that he had
bought and a lot of other bits in boxes. So the bosch is all there but in a
lot of pieces and the fuel line was cut off right at the injectors.

So.....here is the question (opening flood gate of controversy?): Would it
be better or cheaper to go back to the Bosch or should I definitely go to
carbs?

At this point it may be cheaper to try and re-install the Bosch system and
get the bugs out as when I got hem home the carbs turned out to be Weber 44
IDF, which I think are only downdraft, does anyone know if they have been
used before for any alfa?

All my experience has been on the GTV series so any help is appreciated.

Thanks, Andy

74 GTV
83 Spider
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