DeTomaso Mailing List: June 99, Message #39

Been reading a book on Automotive Fuel Injection Systems by Jan Norbye. For a time, the
Webers were giving the FI folks a run for their money. My own personal opinion is that
"wow" factor induced (pardon the pun) when you take a look at those chrome high velocity
stacks on a well tuned engine. Something "boils the blood" when you see exotic plumbing
like that. Cal. #2428.

Melvin Verhein wrote:

> The webers on my Mangusta were a pain to get tuned correctly the first
> time we did it (3 hours!) but since last summer they have run just fine
> with very quick throttle response and geez they look and sound
> fantastic. Of course this car is stored 6-7 months of the year here in
> the upper midwest so it's less of a factor for me to worry about them
> going to hell so soon. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
>
> Mel V. 8MA938.
>
> Shane F. Ingate wrote:
> >
> > Mike Drew wrote:
> >         > If, on the other hand, you want to spend EVERY spare moment tinkering under
> >         > the hood, peridocally putting out air filter fires, and NOT enjoying driving
> >         > your car, then Webers are for you! :>)
> >
> > Mikey,
> >
> > You are so full of it, and like POCA's Ele Presidente says, I oughta
> > come around and punch you out.  Maybe I oughta just send you
> > membership reminders every month!
> >
> > Webers are not rocket science.  The real problem is that the
> > 48 IDAs are not well-suited to street use.  The short runners
> > (ie means no low-end torque) and IDA design (the bad rap with
> > gas fires) were really designed for track use.  Even Porsche
> > geeks know this.  Getting them to work (and keep up with FI
> > units) requires wild cams, thereby reducing road-warrior
> > effectiveness even more.
> >
> > But they can be made to work for the street, though probably offering
> > little gain over Holley 4bbls (except you will gain throttle
> > response over the slushy 750s).  Sure, 4x48s will cost a lot
> > to implement, for marginal gain on the street, but they
> > look awesome.  And I never heard of polished ZF cases or inlet
> > manifolds as a must-have option for the go-faster boyz.
> >
> > OK DeRyke, where are my cross-ram runners for 4x40 DCOEs!
> >
> >         Shane