Re: [alfa] Weber (Was..SPICA Fuel System)

[sherwood white <vze2skmv@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

i am sorry but i believe the club should be there to help and giving out incorrect
information to it's members is wrong . and if i am wrong in saying anything about
it well to bad i am not in politics i just love alfas and alfa's will live longer
with correct infor. and i agree alfa was so far ahead of the rest of the auto world
and bring car to the us with fuel injection long before anyone else and they were
not only cleaner running but also were so much better than 67 in gas milage h.p.
torque drivability engine life you could start one at zero f. and it ran like it
was already hot unbelievable there is no comparison 67 to 69  so while you are
trying to adjust that choke and the carbs are spitting the spica car is already
gone

Richard Lane wrote:

> I haven't owned a Spica car and so won't comment beyond voicing my concern at
> there being anything on my car that only two men in the country know how to fix
> when it wears out.
>
> However, I do know a little about Webers:-
>
> George Graves said:
> >>be advised that Webers, while arguably the very best carbs available, require
> a lot of fiddling to keep them running right.
>
> This is simply untrue. The reason so many are out of tune now is that this myth
> is perpetuated, causing everyone (whether a "professional" or not) to get their
> flat-bade screwdriver out and start twiddling screws. Beyond a quick
> synchronization check, as George described, at each oil-change (30 seconds to
> check, 30 more to adjust..when necessary),  there is no adjustment necessary.
> Webers stay in tune too.
>
> and Sherwood White said:
> >>weber carbs destroy motors spica injection is the way to go
> They "destroy motors" do they? and the same poster later criticized the "alfa
> club of america" for spreading misinformation....I subscribe to the belief that
> Alfa Romeo knew more about building well-engineered cars in the '60s than just
> about any other company of the day; and so their continuing with Webers on
> non-USA cars for a decade demonstrates that Webers do not "destroy motors" at
> all.
>
> >>if webers wern't dirty therewould have never been spica and dirty means less
> motor life in a nut shell next?
> Please don't confuse dirt that could destroy an engine with an over-rich
> mixture from a badly-adjusted Weber.
>
> Those who admire the Spica system for its design-elegance (and it is pretty
> amazing) would perhaps also enjoy the Weber's elegance once they got one apart
> (definitely feasible for the amateur). It performs the same function with about
> 1/10 the number of moving parts - and that's elegant too.
>
> Anyway...Spica? Webers? as a wise man often says, "Enjoy yours".
>
> -Richard Lane
> '67 GTV with 2xDCOE (not converted)
> '68 Maserati with 4xDCNL
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