Been kind of busy and had this on a back burner over Christmas. I had kind of decided to give it to my pal to work on, but I'm thinking I'll try and get it at least driveable so as to avoid having to trailer it over there. Maybe I'll be clever enough to get it running nicely?
A friend in the UK with a 356 kit car has been through all this process lately, though he's Mr Fancy and has fitted a lambda sensor and all that stuff to do it right. Not sure I'll go that far. Anyhow, he was telling me I should check the jets and emulsion tubes to make sure I have the right ones. These are Alfa carbs after all and everyone says the Alfa emulsion tubes are not happy on a VW motor. Luckily, all this stuff is accessible from the top, as I'd have a struggle accessing the sides of the carbs. I checked it and astonishingly it had the correct tubes fitted, so that's at least a good start. He said the rest of the jets were also ballpark right.
I managed to get the motor running again after a long layoff (and set the carbs on fire twice) and this is what I'm dealing with.
I'm told the coughing is indicative of running lean and it does like to cough. Like all the time. If anyone has any thoughts about getting it running better, then I'm listening.
A friend in the UK with a 356 kit car has been through all this process lately, though he's Mr Fancy and has fitted a lambda sensor and all that stuff to do it right. Not sure I'll go that far. Anyhow, he was telling me I should check the jets and emulsion tubes to make sure I have the right ones. These are Alfa carbs after all and everyone says the Alfa emulsion tubes are not happy on a VW motor. Luckily, all this stuff is accessible from the top, as I'd have a struggle accessing the sides of the carbs. I checked it and astonishingly it had the correct tubes fitted, so that's at least a good start. He said the rest of the jets were also ballpark right.
I managed to get the motor running again after a long layoff (and set the carbs on fire twice) and this is what I'm dealing with.
I'm told the coughing is indicative of running lean and it does like to cough. Like all the time. If anyone has any thoughts about getting it running better, then I'm listening.