mperformance

weber 45 and lake cities intake brand new!!!

I kept watching this auction but nobody has placed a bid. I wonder why?..less than 10 hours till it ends...

mperformance

what do you think, is it worth it?

moremazda

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All i can say is BUY IT IF YOU CAN!!! I would but just bought a second side draft, so I really don't have a need. The carb alone is $480, before the rotory gods get ahold of it.

I will say it again, BUY IT IF YOU CAN!!! That is a deal you can not beat.

Ryan

peejay

You can find 45DCOE's much cheaper than $480 brand new... I've seen as low as $275.

mperformance

I was looking at the primary ports on the lake cities intake photo and they look too big. Is it me or does that seem wrong? That is the only reason that I haven't placed a bid...

about preventing reversal of air/fuel flow with smaller primary intake manifold runners is that only applied to stock carb/intakes or do webers or any other sidedraft carb get affected by it?

I just realized that I fucked up ( a little bit ) my 79 intake by porting the primary ports too big...

BTW it's the lakecities intake AND the carburetor, it's @ $350.00 now.

moremazda

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Still, peejay. This to good of a deal for somebody looking for a carb upgrade.

And $275 is off of the Weber shelf, not a rotory performance shelf, correct?

REVHED

The manifold looks like it's been ported out... though not very well by the looks of it.

I wouldn't think there's any problem with port matching that particular manifold because the runners are straight. Though some people do say you need the mismatch there to stop reversion.

mperformance

Actually Revhed it looks like it has not been ported. Those imperfections seem like the casting line.

To tell you the truth I feel my car a lot quicker with the 79 intake's primaries ported, I didn't open them up too much but seems like to some folks it's a big no no...Paul Yaw as quoted by Peejay in another post so noted that it was the worst thing to do.

I'm iffy about the port matching of this intke even if't a straight running intake.

like moremazda said, it is for a rotary so the carb should be set for a rotary, it even has the oil injection ports.

Other than my assumption on big primary intake ports you guys see any other problems with it? sorry to ask but hell it's been 20 years since this thing has seen the light of day

BTW you guys ever sleep???!!!!...I got back from a late party it's now 4:30 a.m. DAMMMMMMMNNNNN!

peejay

The primary (properly center, since there are no more primary/secondary ports with this type manifold) can be nearly the same height as the ports in the engine, with this type of manifold, because the port isn't trying to do a 90 degree turn directly above the port Since it's a more or less 30 degree jog, and that 30 degrees is along the favorable axis, there's no problem with extreme turbulence like if you did the same thing to a stock manifold.

edit: THIS IS WHY I LIKE THESE MANIFOLDS! The bends that they have are along the favorable axes.

Of course, I'd prefer a dual 40DCOE setup, if only because of the cool factor and the fact that seemingly every Italian car from the 60's/70's had 40DCOEs on them...

mperformance

go to sleep peejay!!!

LOL!

thanks man...

peejay

I woke up at midnight Friday night/Saturday morning. It's only been 29 1/2 hours for me, have a full Sunday ahead of me too.


edit: Can't... I'm stuck at a friend's house, he conked out while we were playing Unreal Tournament and he has to drive me home when he wakes up. It's cool though, I've got cigars, pipe tobacco and rolling papers (we don't play with the funny stuff, so quit thinkin' it, don't let the hippieness fool ya ), plenty of tea and pepsi, and of course a net connection

Back on topic... I love this style manifold, it eliminates the problem of trying to make a tall/narrow port make a turn the wrong way. It's the ONLY way to eliminate the problem.

Well, there's ONE other way, and as soon as I get my MIG back and a tank of argon, I'm gonna start fabricating some NEAT stuff with sheetmetal and tubing

REVHED

When I was running the modded Nikki setup I ported and matched the manifold (including primary's) and it gained about 5hp at the peak with no ill effects on bottom end. This was verified with before and after runs on the dyno. I sold the carb and manifold to a forum member when I went Weber and he's happy with it as well.

As far as the carb goes it looks good. Don't see why the fact it's been in storage would cause any problems as long as it hasn't been banged around or anything.