Rick Haner
Haner Haus, Santa Rosa, California
Tips
If you are considering a carb upgrade, take into
account the following:
- What type of driving will you be doing the most?
- Has the engine been upgraded, too? Cam, higher
compression, port matching?
- What are you trying to accomplish with this
upgrade: low-end, mid-range,
upper-end improvement? You can't have all three, so
decide beforehand.
Preferences
If we are talking about a stock motor, the 32/36
manual choke DGAV series
seems to offer good value for the money. They are
easy to set up, and they
are pretty maintenance-free. You can jet them up as
you do improvements to
the engine relatively easily.
Cost
A complete kit will run about $400, and it comes
with all necessary mounting
hardware.
Mileage
You would see a marginal increase in fuel economy: 1
or 2 mpg depending on
the setup.
Improvements
It offers better cold startup and idle and a more
progressive secondary than
the stock Solex.
Modifications under the hood
The only thing to change under the hood is to remove
the bottom lip from the
stock air cleaner and substitute the adaptor. Be
careful which carb flange
you use; there are two thicknesses. The larger 12mm
unit was intended for the
smaller aftermarket air filters that can be had when
you do your conversion.
Although these thicker base plates provide better
atomization of the fuel
before it enters the intake manifold, they make your
stock air cleaner hit
the hood. Use the 7mm version of this part, and you
should have no problems.
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