[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [New Search]
I would agree with Jim in so far as the injection system was a technical
improvement, with better performance and emission levels than the carb
system. One should indeed try to understand it since it is an elegant if
rather delicate design. (I have explored the nuances of the injection
system, including input data from the various sensors, the role of
electrical resistance, etc.) My choice to go with a carb set up was purely
financial. I was faced with replacing:
A. 4 badly leaking injectors @ $40 = $160
B. A new pressure sensor = (can't remember, no less than $80)
C. All new wiring = (can't remember: $30?)
D. New gizmo in the distributor ($5 - $10?)
E. half a dozen other bits which aren't cheap
TOTAL: at least $300.
VS.
$200 (yes that cheap) for a NOS dual carb system which a chimp (like me)
could make run reasonable well (apart from lately in really cold weather).
RBT
>Hello everyone-
>
>I've got a question about carbs for the t-3. My 72 Sqbk had injection,
>drove me barking mad, and I changed it to dual carbs NOS bought from some
>outfit in Texas. They are 32 PICT? solexes, with I believe 130 main jets.
>I also changed over to a 009. And I did all the obvious things like plug
>up the vac holes.
You installed carbs because you didn't want to go through the agony of
learning about the FI. Now you find you need to learn all about carbs. I'm
sorry you chose that route, but you can take solace from the fact that many
others have done the same thing.
Jim
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Melissa Kepner Jim Adney
jadney@vwtype3.org jadney@vwtype3.org
Laura Kepner-Adney
Madison, Wisconsin
---------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------
Dr. R. Bruce Thompson
Department of Psychology
Boston University
64 Cummington St.
Boston, Massachusetts U.S.A.
email rbt@acs.bu.edu
tel: 617-535-2583
fax: 508-745-7431
----------------------------------