John K Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 It was obviously a ICBA day at work for me and Grizlee as he spent nearly two hours on a conference call / screen share (supplied by work...) talking me through the cut away diagrams of a Weber DCOE carb and explaining how they work. All the venturis, float valves, NRV, jets (progression and main) etc. Firstly it goes a very long way to explaining why he is known as a monstrous geek / anorak Secondly I was worried I understood 50% of what he said and enjoyed the call, which says a lot about me But Thirdly and most importantly I learned how truly beautiful a Weber carb really is... And to think these were designed by engineers and not computers... Just amazing how many iterations they would have had to go though to get all the aspects just so... I would go as far as to say they are more impressive than mechanical watches when you think a carb also has to deal with fluid and gas flow dynamics as well as all the mechanical stuff. And still work at temperature, with vibration and lateral loads. The icing on the cake - I ran to the shed to discover I have Genuine Italian Webers on Mr Grumpy. Not the Spanish jobs. So... To all the folk with injection and throttle bodies - hang your heads in shame. You are all missing an opportunity to have a work of art under your bonnets..! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikef Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Gibney - Lancashire AO Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 On dellorto but +2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Hurdsfield - Joint Manchester AO Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 On my bookshelf and yes that was the price I paid for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzlee Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 +1 Couldn't have put it better myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn Vann - Warwickshire AO Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 And another agreement from the Dellorto camp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John K Posted July 9, 2015 Author Share Posted July 9, 2015 BTW sorry to all the Dellorto boys for the slight Weber bias in the original post... Been reading "How to build and Power tune Weber and Dellorto DCOE DCO/SP and DHLA carburettors 3rd edition" and I've discovered you're not quite the back water hicks I suspected you might be..! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rory's Dad Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Prelit Steve has a lovely pair - look they were made in the 1950s - all ali and brass fittings poking out the side of his bonnet with gauze over the trumpets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John K Posted July 9, 2015 Author Share Posted July 9, 2015 Prelit Steve has a lovely pair Fnark, fnark... Bet they look the absolute dogs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rory's Dad Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Bet they look the absolute dogs... They do... Old fashioned (looking) carbs on an old fashioned (looking) crossflow in an old fashioned (looking) pre-lit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pre-lit steve Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Cheers for the compliments, struggle trying to modernise the car, but keeping the classic looks. But webers are for me the chirping on part throttle and the growling on full throttle . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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