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What carby for a stroker buggy
Andy42 - April 29th, 2005 at 09:51 PM

Ok I will soon be starting another project buggy. (yeh yeh I know i have not finished the first :) ) But anyway this time I am going for a stroker type one. Just cause I am getting one at the right price. I think it is about 2080 has a magneto not sure on the cam yet dry sump. But anyway I want to set it up for low down torque for off roading. So what do you all think is best
Single carby, duel carby, turbo??? and why you reckon which is best also would be great.
I am thinking of going the turbo with probably a webber.

[Edited on 29/4/2005 by Andy42]

MUD BASHING ANYONE ?? - April 29th, 2005 at 11:19 PM

If i was you i would be going for the single idf in the middle that would give you great low down grunt and easy of tuning and set up

dusto81 - April 30th, 2005 at 02:37 PM

Yeh a single carb is better for offroading, you'd probably want like a 44IDF to get enough fuel down there. Otherwise dual webers are great but apparently off road they can go out of tune easier and not work as well as a big single carb. A turbo sounds good, what kind are you looking at?
Cheers,
Dustin

lugnuts - April 30th, 2005 at 02:50 PM

Single carbs need some kind of manifold heat dont they or carb iceing could be a problem,OR SO IVE HEARD.

Anthiron - April 30th, 2005 at 04:14 PM

alot of people actualy cut out the heat risers from stock VW manafolds as a colder fuel supply gives a tiny bit more power as the atoms are closer together and u can fit more in the cylinders. if u live in a cold area carbs + manafolds can ice up but if u drive along for a bit and then turn off the engine the heat from the engine will melt the ice and off u go without a drama. (this usually works)

id go with a big single. this is what ill be doing with my 2 litre in my baja project.

Andy42 - April 30th, 2005 at 04:28 PM

If I go turbo it will be a relitively small turbo such as a to3 so it can spool up quickly.
Anthiron you are correct the cooler the air coming in the denser teh mixture so the more O2 in there to burn.

dusto81 - May 2nd, 2005 at 10:25 AM

Didn't know that about the fuel, interesting though. I'm guessing with slightly colder/denser mixture it doesn't get quite as good economy?

VWFOOL - May 2nd, 2005 at 10:33 AM

check u2u andy

wibble - May 2nd, 2005 at 08:34 PM

sounds like a sweet motor dude:duh
Where'd ya find it?:blah

Andy42 - May 2nd, 2005 at 09:39 PM

Yeh got it from this dude in Cairns who has way to many projects and not enough time to finish any of them. works at a mine so he earns way to much I think he needs to Quit his Job

wibble - May 3rd, 2005 at 08:21 PM

I think he needs to quit his job and get into tourism :thumb

VWCOOL - May 3rd, 2005 at 08:37 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Anthiron
alot of people actualy cut out the heat risers from stock VW manafolds as a colder fuel supply gives a tiny bit more power as the atoms are closer together and u can fit more in the cylinders. .


That's only true at WOT and at max torque RPM and above, The other 99.8 percent of the time a nice warm intake charge is better

shiftyvw - May 7th, 2005 at 06:05 PM

just a thought but if it has a dry sump and mag its probably out of a sprint car which means its probably pretty raced out and not much low down.

Andy42 - May 7th, 2005 at 07:06 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by shiftyvw
just a thought but if it has a dry sump and mag its probably out of a sprint car which means its probably pretty raced out and not much low down.


Yeh I did consider that myself so i will be pulling it down and giving it a birthday with a cam set up for torque and the usual rings etc.

wibble - May 8th, 2005 at 07:19 AM

Was in a circuit raced beetle in darwin,rego'd but a bit of a pig around town aparently:):)