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Old 25-11-08, 12:22 AM
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Default Tuning Solex Carburetors

Bill,
I had three 34 ICH Webers(27mm venturi)fitted to my 400 for a few years ,
they made the engine idle perfectly (the throttle shafts have seals to stop
any air leaks), preformed very well once jetted correctly but found it seem
to run lean while crusing on a feathered throttle, until I fitted a
thermostat in the cooling system to bring the water temperature from about
65 - 70 degrees up to 80 - 85 deg , then there were no further problems.
The general performance of the car did not improve greatly by changing from
Solex to Weber , except marginally at higher revs , probably due to the
larger venturis.
The Webers were very very easy to tune at idle , the idle system must be
better designed or made than the Solex .
Although I'm comparing a 55 year old set of Solex in good condition to a
new set of Weber.

Has anyone out there used 27mm ICH Webers I would like to know their
jetting ?

Regards
Geoff
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