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My squareback has the Weber 34 ICT carbs. They work fine but had the car come with fuel injection I would have kept it. You should know that installing the carbs is not a bolt on and drive project. I have seen these carbs brand new with warious different jet sizes. It will be up to you to figure out wich jet sizes work best on your engine. This can involve lots of tinkering and without a dyno and exhaust analyser it will probably never be perfect. The fuel injection on the other hand is self calibrating. The computer constantly monitors conditions and supplies the correct amount of well atomized fuel for performance and economy. My car does not have more power than fuel injected type 3's that I've driven and the gas milage is not as good(though still good). The carbs don't work well while the engine is cold. On a cold morning you may have pump the throttle and then hold it down for a couple of minutes before the car will idle. The car is also hard to drive before the engine warms up. Fuel injection is not a fire hazard as long as the hoses are in good shape. All modern cars are fuel injected. You must also calibrate the carbs so ad the price of a syncronizer to the carb budget. If you decide to go with the carbs I suggest that you get them from a supplier that offers technical assistance and can provide replacement jets and parts. You should also get the hex bar linkage as it is superior. If the kit comes with a plastic fuel line tee, replace it with a metal one. Some disadvantages of fuel injection are difficulty finding a local mechanic that understands it, a certain learing curve involved in working on it yourself, difficulty finding parts if you break down away from home and the fact that the parts and wiring are 30+ years old. Whatever you do good luck and have fun. Josh Brooks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org