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Hans wrote: "right now on my 70' square i have a webber progressive and i really dont like it." Let me guess, it is a real dog in the cold, hmm? One great thing about this carb is that it works with so many vehicles. However, if you only want it to work well on one (one's own) car, this advantage isn't quite so imporntant! "i am planning on getting some solex with dual port manifolds. what kind of price should i expect to pay for the setup?" This is the kind of item that, given enough time, you might turn up used, in need of a rebuild, for free. However, if you want something new, or already rebuilt, and are a "motivated" buyer, you will likely have to spend a bit--perhaps quite a bit--more. "and is 50$ expensive for a stock oil bath air cleaner?" Yes. Lots of acvw and type3 people have extras sitting around, Á¯ëç r. I certainly do. "also how well does a 009 work with these carbs? i will have to use one untill i can find a good vac advance." Well, if you "have to" use one, then you'll find out. It may work ok, or poorly, or great, though I wouldn't bet on the latter. Like the Weber progressive, one great thing about this distributor is that it works on so many different applications; but .... Do you have an 009 already? They vary in their advance curves -- especially the non-German ones -- I've heard. If you have some other distributors around, it's worth trying everything you've got, to see what works. As a work-around, I've used a dual (cent./vac) advance unit with the vac disconnected, timed to total advance, which leaves it fairly advanced at idle, to help with the hesitation coming off idle. "also any used engine covers out there for a fair price?" "Fair"? Hmm. That's a tricky ideal, in practice. If you mean the hatch from the cargo floor, I'd say this should be a cheap item. Like the air cleaner, this is a low wear item; and everybody who has ever scrapped a type 3 should have one of these kicking around. However, you should expect to pay them for having recognized its value and stored it for you (despite the fact that their significant other wanted them to throw it and the rest of that junk out), and for mailing it to you, and maybe a little extra if they are poor and you are not. Eric Forsman '73 Square Baltimore, MD ------------------------------------------------------------------- Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/