Just did a Weber conversion - what did I take off?

Hi all -
Just finished a Weber conversion - car runs really nice. I was going to sell the carbs I took off, but cannot find a brand/mark on them anywhere and I do not want to misrepresent them.
The car is a 2008 Vintage Speedster with a 1915. it has never been altered in anyway from the day it was delivered. The carbs are a single barrel per side. I will attach a pic (sorry for the quality).

Can any of you identify them?

Thanks a million -
Scott S

Since your old carbs are a sunk cost, why not keep them until you are absolutely sure that you want to live with the Webers. Webers are not known for being maintainence free devices. Others have replaced Webers with other makes.

One thing about Webers - they ALWAYS work at wide open throttle!

Scott, most likely they are Solex 40's. Here is a link to a full kit.
http://www.mamotorworkstv.com/vw/product/319928/

Hi Dave -
The reason I swapped them is that I am far more comfortable working on them then what the car came with. My 2.0 914 had weber 40's forever, and has been running triple throats since I converted the car to a six. Other than the float adjustments, I think they are pretty easy to work on.

Scott, first dibs on the dual Solex carbs pls.... ~Alan

Doesn't Vintage use Solex / Kadrons? Great trouble free carbs.
Not a Dell, but a good carb.

Scott S, I am with you. I wouldn't trade my Webers for anything. All it takes is a little knowledge and time and ANYONE can make them purr.

The bad reputation is lack of understanding. We wrench on the east coast!

Danny,
Some of us wrench on the west coast as well...all year 'round. ;-)

some of us wrenched so long on webers that i sold the car. i sleep much better now. Go Holley 650!

scott let me know if you lost all your bottom end torque, with the webbers, the brosol carbs you selling usually only have 28mm venturis, they work great for torque, but fall off about 4500 rpm. bill

William....
Venturies are available up to 36mm for those single barrel carbs...and have run engines well above 2 liters, and in racing applications.

Mike

I'd stab myself in the heart with an ice pick before I used a Holley.

I HATE Holleys. Carter/Edelbrock? Now that's a sweet carb for the street.

angela

Ya just need a bigger Holley...like this Notchback we saw at Cars & Coffee with a Holley 750cfm spooled through a turbo!

Yikes!

Check out the back parcel tray. Looks like Fox Mulder's old car.

Jeesh I remember a Holly quite well.. oh wait, were talking carbs here :~)

mike the body on these carbs is only 32 mm. so you cant go any bigger. but i just made some 30mm, and are waiting to try. bill

Okay - here are some close ups of the carbs I removed. The only marking I was able to find was "34P". Are they Solex replicas?

Oh, and I put probably 20 miles on the car last night. It a different animal with the new webers. The low end is great - pulls very nice and smooth from a dead stop. You can really feel the difference in 2nd and 3rd - pulls much harder and smoother and simply feels opened up - like it is breathing far better. Love it!

Thanks!!
Scott S

yep those are brosol, they are brazilian-solex. bill

what exhaust are you using scott. bill

Those resemble a 34 PICT Solex stock 1600cc carburetor.

Giday, Scott. Exactly which Webers did you install and which exhaust ( size ) are you running ? Do your carbs have a vacuum port that goes
to the distributor...what distributor are you running please? Thanks...

I went with the Red Line kit/dual 40 Webers. As stated above, I had them on my 914 for a very long time and I am pretty comfortable working on them. My only concern is that they are new, and I have heard stories of the quality not being on par with the old castings.
The car runs really really well.

I am confident that the car is just running a 009. Coming from the 914 side of things, this scares me to death. The "nicer" folks on the 914 sites refer to them as boat anchors. I cant believe they sell them for use on the type 4 - they suck. On the 914 I ran a stock 2.0 dizzy with a vaccume line tied to the passenger side carb. That car ran really great. I did throw a pertronix in to the speedster. so far, so good.

For exhaust I am running the stock heater boxes and a modified Tri-Mill type exhaust that was made for speedster replicas (I think it sits a bit lower to clear the body). Not sure which manufacturer makes/sells them. It came in a trimill box however. I cut off the two tips and welded the holes up. Then added a single 3" tip right in the center. After welding it up, I reshaped/squared off the tip just a bit to look like the Carrera. It sounds and looks very appropriate for the carrera look of the car. A bit ratty, but not overly loud or obnoxious. Its perfect. The engine is a "stock" 1915 as supplied by VS.

For the first time since I bought the car last spring, I am happy with the way it runs. It is now what I consider a total package: looks, drivability and reliability. It's a keeper.

Now, I need to figure out how to tilt the seats up on the rear mounts. Even at 6'3" they are reclined way to far back. My wife has to put a pillow behind her to comfortably drive the car. Oh, and it needs a new horn button - not sure if I will replace it with the another Porsche crest button, or maybe one of the accessory buttons. I kinda like the sun and moon, not to mention that the Porsche button gets quite the premium.

how much louder was the exhaust after you did the single middle outlet.i mean is it a small bit louder or is it obnoscious. bill

Don't cha love it when they run well? Good for you, Scott.