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On 15 Oct 2002, at 3:13, ~#Muzz#~ wrote: > She does have Shiney Solexs, the only FI's in type3s I've seen > in Australia have been in a few fastbacks. From my knowledge not many type > 3s had them. My thinking is that they didn't really work that well and by > the way you guys in ths States keep going on about how good they are, I tend > to think that with all the dust and heat down here that they didn't work the > best. I know a lot of the mid to late 70's T2s had FI in them. But I > remember my mechanic around the mid 80's saying it was a very popular > conversion for them to be changed to twins. What was imported had everything to do with local customs and emissions regulations. The FI was necessary to meet the more stringent regs here in the US, while all the options may have been available down under. The FI was widely despised, but mainly because it wasn't understood. Of course every mechanic had decades of experience with carbs so they were all comfortable with them, even though not 1 in 100 could really tell you how they worked. In the end, the FI works really well as long as it is treated well, no matter what climate or country you're in. It's only failing is that it is not easily modified, so that anything more than moderate engine modifications require a change to something else. > But I don't remember ever seeing many type 3s with the standard exhaust > system, that exits via the left side but into a set of extractors that came > out on the right side of the car. Does anyone know if they were a very > popular option in Australia or if they maybe became standard for a while > down here in latter cars, because fo many years I thought that was how the > latter models were, twin solex's with extractors. I suspect that even where you live the extractors were only an aftermarket item. They are certainly not anywhere on the VW microfilm. ;-) - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/