weber carb.

[ewanhopkins@hotmail.com (Ewan Hopkins)]

Standard replacement webers don't give any better performance than stock 
carbs, if you are talking about early 80's and up models, but they can be 
easier to set-up and give the option of manual choke. You'll never do better 
than an equivalent CIS setup though, unless you go for something like twin 
45s which drink petrol. Don't have direct experience of that type of setup 
but a friend had a mkI golf with a 16v / twin webers and it was v. fast & v. 
thirsty.  I am currently running an '87 Scirocco GT which is 1.6 stock VW 
carbed from the factory.  Compared with the 2.0L CIS, it is so slooow and 
doesn't get significantly better fuel economy, despite the long ratio box.  
My wife's '86 GT has a 1.8 carbed with a GTI box and it is pretty quick, but 
still doesn't compare with an equivalent 1.8 CIS, as the 2.0L was 
originally.

HTH,

Ewan Hopkins

>From: Scirocco16vman@aol.com
>To: scirocco-L@scirocco.org
>Subject: weber carb.
>Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 12:01:30 EST
>
>I was speaking to a european friend that had a scirocco back in 88.  He 
>said
>he put a weber carb and and an exhaust and the car was like heaven to 
>drive.
>I was wondering if anyone had some experience with the weber carb or even
>Holley for the madder.  I personal didn't know the scirocco was carbureted.
>Guess i haven't been doing my homework.
>
>Manson
>
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