Carb Choice

[Mirabelli78]

Hi guys,
I am building a 78 Spider, its pretty stock other then all the pollution stuff is gone. What carb do you guys recommend for all round performance and reliability ? The original one is a water choke but the main shaft is broken and I can't find a good local shop to rebuild it as I am clueless about carb rebuilding.

Any suggestions and why?

Thanks for your input

[chrisfiat]

just installed this one on my 76 which had the smaller webber, you will need the spacer that socalmark sells, he bills it as a 20 mm spacer, in reality it is a 13 mm spacer, but it works with little modification. you will also need his throttle linkage adaptor .

when you get to that point i can send you pics and info on how to adapt the linkage


http://www.aaaaautomotive.com/Shop/Cont ... rid/134382

this carb is also available with an elec choke, i like that one for 88$ you can't beat the price

chris

[CajunMike]

The empi that SoCalMark sells is a good cost conscious upgrade that many here on the forum have done. Another good choice is the weber 34adf. It's very similar to your 32 and should be virtually a straight swap. A little pricey though at around $500-$550.

[narfire]

If you can find a 34 dmsa in good shape,that might be an option as well. Manual choke so the water conections on the heater pipe and intake manifold will have to be directly conected/loop. Spacer needed there as well.