What Webber is this?

[HEMI26]

Hi ppl im just woundering what type of weber carb this is if anyone can tell it will be a great help as im not sure what type it is and all the carby blokes i know are v8 lovers, its on a worked 4g54 and was tweaked by the old owner and made good power. cheers dave

here's a pic of the carb

[astronturbo77]

thats a 32/36 weber, looks identical to the one i got from a 4 cylinder centura with the pergueot engine. these are slightly different to the cortina one i believe..

[A112H]

It's not Mark

[woops]

Does it definitely say Weber on the carbie? I know that there was also a 180 holley which was essentially a copy of the weber too. I have one on a parts car down the back that looks to be exactly the same as your carb.

[TVM006]

Yeah i agree with 'woops' looks like a 180 holley which is equivalent to a 32/36 weber anyway.

[HEMI26]

deff says weber on it on the pump bit, but it is a part that can be bolted on i need a closer look to see if it says weber on the base/actual carb cast

[astronturbo77]

have a look on the bottom flange where the studs go through the base plate webers always have the type of carby stamped on there.

[HEMI26]

this is the only stamp i can see atm

hey man is the stamp on the side of the base or the top of it looking from above?

[woops]

Take a look at the back of the carby, the side that faces the firewall and where the accelerator attaches. Up near the top would be a holley logo, well there is on mine.

[HEMI26]

I had a good look in the day light ppl and could'nt see any holley logo's

but i did see 32/36 DFV stamped on the rocker cover side of the base

[davetrees]

I was going to say it looks like a Weber 32/36 DFV ...... which is the right thing for a Saturn motor if you want this type of carb (essentially the same as a 32/36 DGV, except the primary & secondary are reversed, and the throttle works the other way compared to the DGV)

i have one on my GB rally car (which has only a lightly modified engine - a bit of head work & a better cam) and it's a good thing. A good (and very cheap) upgrade from the stock carb .... and IMHO much better bang for your buck than going the twin downdraught Solex/Mikuni route. Parts are very readily available.

[75wagon]

and IMHO much better bang for your buck than going the twin downdraught Solex/Mikuni route. Parts are very readily available.

On that note.
Differences between:
My wagon with 4G32, No.5 cam and twin Solex/Mukini down draughts (undynotuned or properly set up)
My LC Lancer Hatch 4G32B with mid cam (specs unknown) cam advanced on tooth, and down draught weber (also undynotuned and carb jetted for 2.6).

The Hatch has better top end, and the wagon has better bottom end , but in the end the hatch would eat the wagon any day of the week.

Moral to the story:
Build everything in your engine to match, get it dyno tuned and it should work well together.
Hit and miss means low $$$ but low performance also.

I plan to increase the size of the secondary jets in the twins that are on the wagon (it starves for fuel in the top end), and maybe a change of cam to something less aggressive. Then maybe finally it will get up and go?

Dave...

[HEMI26]

cheers for the great help ppl

Moral to the story:
Build everything in your engine to match, get it dyno tuned and it should work well together.
Hit and miss means low $$$ but low performance also.

sounds right man, my carb was tweaked n tuned by Mcdonald bro's in thomastown to suit the build of my engine they done, it made 148rwhp on there dyno with my old bottem end i blew (its currently a std a2 bottem end now), i dont kno if it was great power for that eng but it done the job and was pritty qwick then 6yrs ago!!!

[davetrees]

I plan to increase the size of the secondary jets in the twins that are on the wagon (it starves for fuel in the top end), and maybe a change of cam to something less aggressive. Then maybe finally it will get up and go?

I have long considered (but have never got around to) putting a twin downdraught manifold on mine, with a PAIR of 32/36 DFVs.

This would have the advantages of carbs that are far more tunable in terms of jetting etc than the stock Mikunis, and getting away from the vacuum-operated secondaries. In theory, it should be a really good option ... especially paired with say a #2 cam.

[tandanus]

IIRC if you want to bolt a down-draught Weber onto a stock 1600 you could use a 32/34 DMTL (LandRover/Golf). Trouble us, parts seem to be NLA.
T.

[HEMI26]

does anybody know what the dfv carb came out on?

[A112H]

This doesn't say what they were factory fitted to but it is a good read.
http://datsun1200.com/modules/mediawiki ... Carburetor

[HEMI26]

Cheers man

[davetrees]

does anybody know what the dfv carb came out on?

Not 100% sure, but I think the 2L Ford Capri (Pinto engined)? (The 2L Escorts had a 32/36 DGV IIRC, not sure whether the 2L Cortina had a DGV or DFV)

Another workable option on a stock Saturn could be the 32DIR ..... very similar carb to the DFV (same baseplate, throttle works same way, etc), but both barrels have 32mm butterflies. Came out on Alfasuds, some Renaults & suchlike.

[astronturbo77]

have a look on the bottom flange where the studs go through the base plate webers always have the type of carby stamped on there.

I had a good look in the day light ppl and could'nt see any holley logo's

but i did see 32/36 DFV stamped on the rocker cover side of the base

good stuff, this was the location i was trying to explain

[HEMI26]

does anybody know what the dfv carb came out on?

Not 100% sure, but I think the 2L Ford Capri (Pinto engined)? (The 2L Escorts had a 32/36 DGV IIRC, not sure whether the 2L Cortina had a DGV or DFV)

Another workable option on a stock Saturn could be the 32DIR ..... very similar carb to the DFV (same baseplate, throttle works same way, etc), but both barrels have 32mm butterflies. Came out on Alfasuds, some Renaults & suchlike.

dam they make em hard to find

[trainzkid88]

the 2l 79 rs2000 escort did have a 32/36 dfv weber fitted i know as dad had one. i wish he hadn't sold it cause the new owner blew it up doing burnouts.

[PROSSER]

It's not Mark

Your my hero I've wanted to throw thus up a couple of times you got to love sly humour.