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On 26 Jul 2003, at 16:18, Jim Adney wrote: > While the FI that your car came with would probably work better than > any add- on, this is probably not realistic once the old FI parts have > been removed, and probably lost. Your BEST option at this point would > probably be to find a nice pair of 12V type 3 OE dual Solex carbs with > all the fittings and install those. > > What you're looking for is a '67 setup. Be sure to get ALL the parts > you need, from the throttle cable, bell crank, and linkage to the air > cleaner. This would be the most trouble free and well working setup > you could do, once you got everything together and adjusted. This is what I'm trying to do with my '68. I have no FI parts but someone installed Weber ICT's. I've been gathering the parts to set the engine up with '67 dual Solexes. I got lucky and found a set of Solexes on eBay. The guy also threw in a '67 dizzy. It seems to be in working condition. The linkage seems to be the hardest part to locate. I've got two different center pivots. I'm not sure which is correct for '67. One has a damaged linkage ball so I'll have to try the other one first. I don't have the linkage rods that go from the center pivot to the carbs yet but Bill and Steve's lists them on their website. The Webers run Ok and its a bit of a hassle to gather all the parts but I believe that in lieu of the original FI the '67 dual Solex is the way to go. Martin Garramone Austin, Texas 1968 Squareback 1968 Westfalia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org