[DeTomaso] Weber IDA48 or injection?

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Funny, I though the straight across cut looked easier and less professional. 

Steve 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Will Kooiman" <will.kooiman at gmail.com> 
To: michael at michaelshortt.com, "Ed Mendez" <edducati at mac.com> 
Cc: detomaso at realbig.com 
Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2012 6:25:43 PM 
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Weber IDA48 or injection? 

I took my Webers out of the box, changed the chokes to 42s (they come with 
37s), and put them on the intake. They fired the first time, and I've 
never adjusted them. 

Mine are rich, but not so bad that they pop or foul the plugs. It felt 
like they added 50hp. 

The linkage is a pain in the butt. It works the best to pull from the 
side rather than using the bell crank in the valley. But the bell crank 
in the valley looks better. 

You lose the lumpy exhaust with Webers. The idle is very smooth. It 
tames the car quite a bit. When my wife heard my car with Webers she 
said, "I don't know what you did, but it sounds a lot better." Wrong 
answer. 

You have to cut the deck lid. You can cut straight across and it looks 
factory. If you cut two half circles, you can tell the factory didn't do 
it. 

You lose your vacuum port, so you need to do something with your vacuum 
assisted brakes and your PCV. Without a PCV, you mist oil all over the 
place. 

You need a decent air filter too. Hall made one years ago, and it fits 
nicely. 

I lost 4-5 mpg with Webers. If you don't drive your car very much it 
doesn't matter. At the time I was commuting from Houston to Dallas. You 
notice 4-5 mpg when you are doing 500 miles a week. 

Lots of people run Weber intakes with fuel injection. It seems to work 
pretty well once you get the EFI adjusted. 

I prefer Webers, though. If I weren't running Webers, I'd try a tunnel 
ram with 2 Holleys. 



On 11/23/12 3:14 PM, "michael at michaelshortt.com" <michaelsavga at gmail.com> 
wrote: 

>What's your goal, use for the car? 
> 
>Webers look cool, hard to keep adjusted, either know how or have a 
>rotating 
>account with the shop that does. IMHO, the coolest, must cut the decklid 
>to 
>make them fit. 
> 
>EFI Predictable, less lag, fewr problems once it is set up. More dollars 
>to 
>do it well. Boring and you lose the lumpty lumpty sound at idle from an 
>aggresive cam. Adjustable with a laptop, doesn't get much easier. 
> 
>Carb. Depends on the model, moderate effort to adjust with jets, etc., but 
>I love the rumble and the lumpty lump sound at stoplights. 
> 
>Michael Shoftt 
>On Nov 23, 2012 4:04 PM, "Ed Mendez" <edducati at mac.com> wrote: 
> 
>> Weber carbs with Hall Pantera manifold or efi unit? If so which efi 
>>unit? 
>> 
>> Currently have a Torker II manifold an Holley 750dp. 
>> 
>> I was looking at this: 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>http://www.ebay.com/itm/160897695359?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p39 
>>84.m1423.l2649 
>> 
>> or this, and placing it on a Hall Weber manifold: 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>http://www.ebay.com/itm/170762099537?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p39 
>>84.m1423.l2649 
>> 
>> The second link looks like you can take the injection off and put it 
>> straight onto a Hall Weber Manifold. 
>> 
>> Here is a link to my car pictures: 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>https://www.icloud.com/journal/#4;CAEQARoQKFFSOKSPhr85aiwbFkUTmQ;F101C728 
>>-4DFA-4AC7-8E3D-F37D7621CD11 
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