DeTomaso Mailing List: June 99, Message #42

Well I'm with Mel and Shane on this one. Webers are not rocket science. you
gotta know how to set them up OR find someone who already does know. . .but
I ran triple 45 DCOE's on my XKE and never had a problem once I found
someone who knew how to tune them. . .I also must have had 100 people tell
me a 101 reasons not to run them. Nothing sounds quite like Webers. That
sucking air sound Mikey makes when he talks is exactly what the Webers sound
like! :-)
And just like Mikey the Webers are beautiful and timeless.
MD
-----Original Message-----
From: Melvin Verhein <melv@execpc.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list <detomaso@realbig.com>
Date: Wednesday, June 02, 1999 7:25 PM
Subject: Re: Re Webers (row your boat ashore)


>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.
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>Mel V. 8MA938.
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>Shane F. Ingate wrote:
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>> 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! :>)
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>> Mikey,
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>> 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!
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> OK DeRyke, where are my cross-ram runners for 4x40 DCOEs!
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>>         Shane
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