turbo carby

hey finally found a kb laser turbo carb with hat awesome the turbo build is on, pick it up soon it should be a 32/34 dmtt i think shimo used one many years ago on a 1776 does anybody know what cam and jetting was used if they have bought that motor or maybe shimo himself can help let the fun begin

Different carb.
whitelightening lasers use Solex 32DIS
thats what i used on my old setup

Theyre a single throat carb not twin like the Weber

how did yours go joel any problems with the solex still dont know the branding it is but if it is a ridgy dige laser one then it might be a solex 32dis which im lucky enough to know of a few people using these in the uk with great reliable power not huge but good hp for a 1600cc or 1640

how much ur paying for it?

I got mine from the uk $400 aud (that was for two of them though, going to run twin carb) and included postage, was second hand but ran/tested by cgb motorsport, so they are in good working order.

The throat bore is the same size as the type 3 twin carbs, so the inlet size will suit on the original twin carb manifolds, BUT the stud size is slightly wider. Will need to mod/adapt. They are cheap as and can get cheaper again, like 35 to 50 GBP from the renault 5 Gt forums (the turbo models run the same carb) but would probably require a rebuild for that price, which u can get EXCEPT IN UK THEIR REBUILD KITS ARE CALLED SERVICE KITS IN EBAY, so u won't find a 'rebuild kit' for it as its different terminology.

I got a few diagrams too if needed.

I'm yet to fit and tune these. Linkages will be fun haha.. i'm laughing now but i'm sure there will be curses eventually...

$ 50 bucks im paying it does need a kit put through no probs cant wait looking into water injection any body got a cheap kit available that u know of

bugzla wrote:how did yours go joel any problems with the solex still dont know the branding it is but if it is a ridgy dige laser one then it might be a solex 32dis which im lucky enough to know of a few people using these in the uk with great reliable power not huge but good hp for a 1600cc or 1640

They're a brilliant little carb and suit a bug well
With a tiny bit of fileing they will bolth straight up to a 1600 manifold and it's not hard to get a linkage working.

I had mine on a stock 1600 and just opened up the main jet a bit.
It was the free turbo i was using that kept letting the team down.

I sold that one to a forum member once i gave up in frustration but i bought a pair of them a few years back to use in a twin blowthrough supercharged setup but got too complicated and gave up on that too

I think I still have scans of the manual for them somewhere

man would love to get them if thats okay ill give u my email stevem@tjmproducts.com + do u know what sort of hp i would expect around about

o yeah what turbo did u use ive got a r33 skyline one

I'll find the scans and email them too you
I was using a toyota GT starlet turbo a mate gave to me
it was a CT12 but was pretty rooted to start with, it still made 6psi when the wastegate worked properly

I'd hazard a guess it would have been around 75-80hp at the wheels, i did get a WRX intercooler i was gonna fit but gave up before i gave up on it

one thing I learned was run an external oil cooler, the stock doghouse just couldnt cope with the heat from the turbo oil return

well noted oil cooler bought and ready to go cool thats what im after around that horse power so it should be good in my manx thanx joel

Joel, do you have any pics from when your setup was turboed? Ive only ever seen the supercharged setup

That was about 6 or 7 years ago i built that, predating my digital camera ownership but i may have some old school photographs of it somewhere

It wasnt much to look at though built out of scrap tractor exhaust mainly