Re: Webers versus Dellortos

["Leslie J. Singh" <Les.Singh@domain.elided>]

The easy answer is : the ones that work best! Seriously though, most times 
it gets down to personal preference and the differences people report seems 
to be more a function of setting up of the carbs rather than any design 
superiority. One engine tuner over here prefers Dellorto because the 
auxiliary venturi is (are?) held on by just one support that projects into 
the induction stream, rather than 2 as in the case of the Weber, therefore 
less impedance to airflow with the Dellorto. I have found, that either 
works equally well but the trick is to get the settings perfect. Also, 45s 
seem to be easier to set up than 40s.

All the data for both Dellorto and Weber are in the owners' handbook so you 
shouldn't have any trouble.

Les ....in Wellington, NZ
presently - Green GTV with Weber 40 DCOE

At 04:15 AM 6/13/02 -0400, you wrote:


> Next week my Alfa is going to the garage to have the motor and gearbox
> reconditioned. To lazy to do it myself after having spent the last two
> weekends working on the MG. My Alfa presently runs Dellorto carburetors but
> I also have a spare pair of Webers. My question is, which set of
> carburetors should I use on the reconditioned engine?
> Thanks,
> Bert
> 1971 Alfa GT Junior
> 1970 MGB Roadster
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