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Single Carb Setup...(or let the flaming begin! :o) )
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<blockquote data-quote="tumunga" data-source="post: 10436" data-attributes="member: 58"><p>I'm not sure why it wouldn't work, but it didn't, and LD couldn't tell me why it wouldn't work. I will tell you the instructions packed with the kit were pitiful. My ten year old nephew with downs syndrome could have written better instructions.</p><p></p><p>Second, the carburetor didn't come with the correct jets, nor anything else that the pitiful instructions said would be with the carburetor. Being excited to have this conversion work, I drove about 100 miles round trip to purchase jets from a Volkswagon shop.</p><p></p><p>From what I could tell of the intake, the paint was nice, but the assembly left a little to be desired. First, inside the intake, I believe everything is supposed to be smooth to allow a nice flow from the carb to the head. Whoever put the intake together didn't care about this. the hole that was bored in the top cross pipe was apparently drilled off center. When the carb mount tube was placed in the hole, there was an ledge inside the intake of about 1/8". I have pictures at home of this. LD said this shouldn't be a problem...ha! I pulled the intake off numerous times trying to figure out what was going on, and every time I pulled it off, the intake had gasoline in it. It would just pour out of the intake, about twice as much as the leftover beer in an empty beer can. I never had this problem with the factory carbs.</p><p></p><p>I have pictures of this problem that I'll post later on when I'm back on. Plus, I'll let you know about the linkage problem that I was apparently too stupid to figure out...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tumunga, post: 10436, member: 58"] I'm not sure why it wouldn't work, but it didn't, and LD couldn't tell me why it wouldn't work. I will tell you the instructions packed with the kit were pitiful. My ten year old nephew with downs syndrome could have written better instructions. Second, the carburetor didn't come with the correct jets, nor anything else that the pitiful instructions said would be with the carburetor. Being excited to have this conversion work, I drove about 100 miles round trip to purchase jets from a Volkswagon shop. From what I could tell of the intake, the paint was nice, but the assembly left a little to be desired. First, inside the intake, I believe everything is supposed to be smooth to allow a nice flow from the carb to the head. Whoever put the intake together didn't care about this. the hole that was bored in the top cross pipe was apparently drilled off center. When the carb mount tube was placed in the hole, there was an ledge inside the intake of about 1/8". I have pictures at home of this. LD said this shouldn't be a problem...ha! I pulled the intake off numerous times trying to figure out what was going on, and every time I pulled it off, the intake had gasoline in it. It would just pour out of the intake, about twice as much as the leftover beer in an empty beer can. I never had this problem with the factory carbs. I have pictures of this problem that I'll post later on when I'm back on. Plus, I'll let you know about the linkage problem that I was apparently too stupid to figure out... [/QUOTE]
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