Re: [alfa] Webers

[Paul Bayly <thebaylys@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've also found the Dellorto's on my Alfettas require a 'fiddle' only every
50-60,000KMs.

Beatle
Oz


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed & Marsha Prytherch" <mred2u@domain.elided>
To: <alfa@domain.elided>; "George Graves" <gmgraves@domain.elided>
Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2003 10:15 AM
Subject: [alfa] Webers


> George wrote:
> >Also, be advised
> that Webers, while arguably the very best carbs available, require a
> lot of fiddling to keep them running right. SPICA FI, on the other
> hand, once properly set-up, will work reliably and flawlessly without
> being touched just about forever. If you decide to go the Weber route,
> at the same time, purchase the $100 Synchrometer from them (page 67,
> current catalogue) and learn how to use it. You'll need it about every
> three thousand miles to sync the two carbs.
>
> To which I reply BS.
>
> Both my cars have Webers. My daily driver is a 79 spider and I do 60
> miles/day to and from work. The synchronization does not shift, and I
rarely
> adjust anything on them. And if you do need to re-synch them, you only
need
> a decent tachometer (mine was $5 on Ebay). Pull a plug lead from #2
cylinder
> and see how much the revs drop. Do the same on #3. Turn the synch screw to
> make them the same. Total time 10 minutes. Compare that to a SPICA
> adjustment routine! The only other adjustment is the idle mixture screws.
> Turn them in until the revs start to drop then back them out a bit. It is
> hardly rocket science.
> My cars are fast and reliable and the spider gets 28 mpg.
> Ed Prytherch, Columbia SC
> 73 GTV
> 79 Spider
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