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Six months ago Ryan and I knew nothing about Weber Carburetors, other than the looked cool. After spending countless hours reading every thing we could get our hands on, some valuable guidance from other threads by people a lot smarter than us, and many more hours working with the carbs, we can finally say they are just about tuned. We can start it up, it spits a couple of times, then settles down in less than ten seconds, after which it idles smoothly. It accelerates well and only rarely spits after it is warmed up. It runs steady and accelerates through the RPM range without noticeable hesitation or stumbling.<o
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So much has been written about Webers that I am reticent to add more. Nonetheless a write up of the issues we discovered and resolved will follow. To those that have lived with these carbs this is likely old school and of little interest, but to someone that has never worked with Webers hopefully this will be of some benefit. Several posts chronicling the process will follow.<o
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There are lots of good books. Pat Braden, Weber Carburetors, Bob Tomlinson’s Original Weber Tech Manual and Haynes Weber Carburetor Manual are perhaps the best known. I like Tomlinson’s book best because it has lots of good explanations of how they work and focuses on the IDF carbs specifically.
Six months ago Ryan and I knew nothing about Weber Carburetors, other than the looked cool. After spending countless hours reading every thing we could get our hands on, some valuable guidance from other threads by people a lot smarter than us, and many more hours working with the carbs, we can finally say they are just about tuned. We can start it up, it spits a couple of times, then settles down in less than ten seconds, after which it idles smoothly. It accelerates well and only rarely spits after it is warmed up. It runs steady and accelerates through the RPM range without noticeable hesitation or stumbling.<o
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So much has been written about Webers that I am reticent to add more. Nonetheless a write up of the issues we discovered and resolved will follow. To those that have lived with these carbs this is likely old school and of little interest, but to someone that has never worked with Webers hopefully this will be of some benefit. Several posts chronicling the process will follow.<o
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There are lots of good books. Pat Braden, Weber Carburetors, Bob Tomlinson’s Original Weber Tech Manual and Haynes Weber Carburetor Manual are perhaps the best known. I like Tomlinson’s book best because it has lots of good explanations of how they work and focuses on the IDF carbs specifically.