My wife bought our Fiat around 7 years ago. Its a wonderful car, but it has slowly developed problems and is now a fixture in my garage. I came here to get help putting it back on the road. I need to rebuild some brake calipers, replace some engine mounts, and rebuild or replace the carburetor. So far I have learned a tremendous amount just browsing this forum, but I am sure I will have some new questions shortly.
My first question would be whether anyone has experience with using a 32/36EPC carburetor on their Fiat Spider? My '72 still has the stock intake manifold and carb (which needs a rebuild), but I have a single-plane 1800 intake and I would like to put a carb on that has an electric choke.
'72 124 Spider - New Member
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BugBomb
'72 124 Spider - New Member
Last edited by BugBomb on Wed Aug 25, 2010 10:00 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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SLOSpider
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- Your car is a: 1973 124 Spider 2.0FI
- Location: Lompoc, Ca USA
Re: '72 124 Spider - New Member
Welcome and sorry I cant help with the carb question your asking. However to rebuild your carb is pretty simple and a kit runs about $35.00. If its been sitting for years I would recommend a new timing belt before any driving due to age.
Where are you located? Brian
Where are you located? Brian
1975 124 Spider
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baltobernie
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- Joined: Sun Nov 25, 2007 6:00 pm
- Your car is a: 1973 Spider [sold]
- Location: Baltimore, MD
Re: '72 124 Spider - New Member
Hello and Welcome! Hooray for another early car member!
The replacement carb of choice seems to be the Weber 32/36 DFEV, which mounts to either manifold you have (although the single-plane works better), and has an electric choke. Available here http://www.international-auto.com/index ... id=1913562 and from other sources. Even uses your stock air filter, if you want.
Despite their obvious superiority over late-model Spiders
early cars do have a few, uh, "issues". One is the throttle linkage, which attaches to the firewall. As the car idles, the engine twists and the linkage follows. Poor idle and partial throttle quality is the result. Fiat fixed this with a cable linkage. You'll need to replace the gas pedal with this conversion, which requires temporary disconnect of the steering column. Not a big deal. Contact j.erskine2@verizon.net for the necessary bits.
The replacement carb of choice seems to be the Weber 32/36 DFEV, which mounts to either manifold you have (although the single-plane works better), and has an electric choke. Available here http://www.international-auto.com/index ... id=1913562 and from other sources. Even uses your stock air filter, if you want.
Despite their obvious superiority over late-model Spiders
early cars do have a few, uh, "issues". One is the throttle linkage, which attaches to the firewall. As the car idles, the engine twists and the linkage follows. Poor idle and partial throttle quality is the result. Fiat fixed this with a cable linkage. You'll need to replace the gas pedal with this conversion, which requires temporary disconnect of the steering column. Not a big deal. Contact j.erskine2@verizon.net for the necessary bits.