[DeTomaso] Webers

[michael at michaelshortt.com]

I talked to a Factory Five Cobra owner at a show on Saturday and he said the
exact same thing, he also wanted Webers, saw/heard some on another car at a
Cobra themed track day and after doing that, no longer wanted them because
all the lope sound was gone and it sounded "lame" at idle.

Michael in Savannah

On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 11:18 PM, Will Kooiman <wkooiman at earthlink.net>wrote:

> The Webers will remove most of the lope.  It will idle at a lower RPM, and
> it will run smoother.  It will sound more like a Ferrari, but if you really
> want that sound you also want 180 deg headers.
>
> The biggest challenge is getting the linkage so that all 8 open at the same
> time.  Once the linkage is right, tuning is a matter of using an O2 sensor,
> reading about Webers, and buying 8 sets of everything every time you make a
> change.
>
> Even without solid lifters, it will rev to 8 or 9K.  Once.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]
> On
> Behalf Of boyd casey
> Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 2:26 PM
> To: Bruce Rogers
> Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Webers
>
> Thanks, I don't know if I would bite, but if the price was right I could be
> tempted. I just love they way they look and the efi "look alike" substitue
> has some appeal  ,  it is supposed to improve  drivability and fuel economy
> and increase HP  the cost  is *crazy money * $5900 and UP! *Thats half the
> price of a new high performane engine*, and the set up seems extremely
> complicated. Electric fuel pump, fuel return ( to name a few). They make
> some cheaper ones but the do away with the fuel return and ae " preset" (
> no
> computer adjusting) that sounds to me likeyour giving up half the poetntial
> for tweaking the performance . making things "foolproof" are normally
> reserved for "fools". I have heard getting he Weber's synched and adjusted
> properly is no walk in the park either ,none the less it has just always
> appealed to me.
>
> Do you know if  the Webers change the sound of the engine.? I have been
> told
> my 351 Clevland is apparently  running a 3/4 race cam . I don't know for
> sure because the previous owner is dead and there is no one to ask.  I have
> not been "inside" the engine. It also has an aluminum intake manifold (
> looks kind of like an edelbroke) and a Holley 650 wih a manual choke,  an
> MSD distributor with an MSD 6AL module and an MSD 45,000 volt coil. The
> exhaust looks like  Hall big headers and what looks like an ANSA type
> exhaust ( i was told it looked like "Big Halls" . ( no rectangular mufflers
> just the tubess get a little fatter at the end . They sound to me very much
> like straight pipes. I had open headers on my boat and These are just about
> as loud. I would  like having a higher reving engine and I was told that if
> I installed roller rockers,  solid lifters ,and pushrods I could get my
> engine to redline in the 8 to 9 K range.So I thought with the higher revs
> and the quick throttle response of the webers I might get a sound more like
> a european exotic ( ferrari,lambo etc.) plus better perfomance. Is my
> mechanic blowing exhaust up my ass or is there any truth to  this?
>
> Boyd 1973 L # 5783advisor
>
>
>
> On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 6:52 PM, Bruce Rogers <brogers at optonline.net>
> wrote:
>
> > If there are webers for sale post something to let us know, people are
> > emailing me know to know if there are used webers out there for a 351c
> 4v.
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