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In my Solex guide it says that the carbs should be mounted so that the float bowl faces forward. Didn't give much of an explanation but it has something to do with how thÚsÙqeaches the jets, mostly if the car is angled because of a hill (keeps flooding/starving conditions minimal?). Toby Erkson air_cooled_nut@pobox.com <-- Please use this address for email '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L, Berg five-speed '75 Porsche 914 1.8L, R.I.P., ORPCA member '95 VW Jetta III GL 2.0L, P-Chipped, Jamex sport suspension Portland, Oregon, http://www.pobox.com/~toby_erkson/ > -----Original Message----- > to accomodate the cable linkage, > my carbs were > installed opposed, facing in opposite directions. I've always > wondered how > this affects the way they work when the car isnt level, > because the float > bowls are sitting at slightly different elevations. Who > knows, maybe thats > not significant, but carburetors are primitive, yet FUSSY. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org Subj=subscribe