I'm looking to renew the carby & inlet manifold on my '72 1300 standard beetle, as the heat risers have rusted through (I have heaps of trouble with
massive flat spots once the air temp gets cooler) & the carby is now 35yrs old & drawing its fair share of air around the throttle shaft.
Investigations have shown that new standard carby & manifold is going to cost me between $400 & $500 so I thought I might aswell upgrade to twin
carbies.
My options as far as I can see are;
1. 40mm Kadrons
2. 34mm ict Webers or Empis
3. adapt a set of Type3 carbies
Can any of these combos be set up to work correctly on a 1300cc engine?
I am leaning towards the Kadrons as they will provide more room to move when I am ready to increase engine size, but I am afraid they will be to big
for a standard 1300.
The Webers would maybe not as beneficial on a future larger engine & the type 3 setup will probably be the cheapest but will bring with it the same
wornout carby issues that I currently have.
If anyone can give me some advice it would be most appreciated?
Cheers
Brendan
surely someone would have a good SH one...? Big carbs on a 1300 is a waste - but so is $500 for a new carby!
Buy a new manifold best method to fix
2nd new manifold and recond carb= more money in pocket and nice running car.
Is your mainfold a single or dual pre heat tube ??
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the mainfolds are availble new if you need one, make sure you get the quality German rubber boots if your replacing them
Hi
The 1300 twin port also has smaller alloy cast ends as well and the rubber boots are smaller also. Might be better off getting a whole 1600 manifold
and carb, seeing as your going 1600 anyway.
Steve
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Carburettor Service Company on Parramatta Road Burwood in Sydney will do the work
Do a search i have posted there address details several times
Give them a call -good people
That is where they leak - bushings.
Thanks Barry,
I've since found out that I can get them done here in Taree so I'm going to cet a price here.
Cheers
Brendan
SAS,
I believe the 1300 valves may be smaller. I seem to remember my old Sealed Power Catalog lists different sizes. I'll see if I can dig it up, or
get brave and crawl through the underhouse pile to measure up a 1300 head I have.
Ctefeh
SAS,
I measured 35.5 x 32 head diameters on the heads that came off my AB block 1300 TP. Same size as a standard 1600 TP.
Ctefeh
Thats outstanding Ctefeh, thanks heaps for that.
Cheers
Brendan