WTB a set of 36 or 40 Dellorto carbs

I'm looking for a decent set or a rebuildable set of 36 or 40 Dellorto DLRA carbs with manifolds, breathers and linkage for a Type 1 VW engine. Have you got a set sitting around your not using? e-mail me please....Thanks, Michael

Check out this link. This is the guy to talk to; I did:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/VW-PORSCHE-DELLORTO-DRLA-40-CARBURETORS_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33550QQihZ016QQitemZ260058234050QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWD1V

I have webbers and have always loved the Dells, any imput to the sound/performance/reliablilty differences.

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Not too many; they're very similar. The Dells have a chirping sound when accelerating; I like it because it makes the engine sound meaner. Another thing that I've read is that Dellortos flow more than their equivalent Weber, given the same venturi sizes. For example a Dellorto 40 flows like a Weber 44. Apart from that they're both great carbs, not difficult to dial in and pretty much maintenance free after they're set, provided you don't tinker with them too much.

I second Ricardo on that guy in Italy who sells on Ebay.

I bought a set of Webers from him. Amazingly they arrived in just 7 days! Anything from the US usually takes 4 weeks or so but from Italy only 7 days for these carbs.

Same here Brian; my set took 7 days to get here from Italy; he used a European courier which later connected with Fedex to get the package here.

I still haven't found a good deal yet on a set of Dellortos.... I'm still looking!

What about the link I posted? $410.00 (including shipping) for a pair of professionally rebuilt to like new condition Dells (which are no longer being produced) jetted to your requirements doesn't seem like a bad deal at all. Add about $150.00 to $160.00 for a set of CB Performance's set of manifolds, air cleaners and hex bar linkage and you're set.

Ricardo, I know the Alfa guy has some nice carbs. I've checked him out, but that's a little to pricy for me. I'll just be wait....maybe something will come up on the Samba.