Wow!  That was super out of spec!

"Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo" (akioohtori) 03/17/2019 at 18:19 • Filed to: project golf ball

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Whoever said I should check the carb float on the Civic’s Weber, I hereby award 10 internet points. It was very out of spec. Hope that fixes it.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo 03/17/2019 at 19:20

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All this talk about Webers is making me hungry

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 03/17/2019 at 19:37

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Hmmm me too...

Urambo Tauro > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo 03/17/2019 at 20:28

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A Weber reference, and a (r oot beer) f loat  reference, all in one!

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo 03/17/2019 at 20:55

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My mechanical mentor holds the view the one of the reasons euro cars never became more popular here in the 50s and 60s was that exceedingly  few folks on this side of the pond really understood SUs and Webers (and the vital art of balancing carbs). Float adjustment is critical on them, unlike most American carburetor designs where as long as it the floats are somewhere in the vicinity of the ballpark they’ll be fine. His theory goes that because no one (or their neighborhood mechanic of choice) understood how to tune them properly, they all generally ran like unreliable crap and gained the reputation.

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 03/17/2019 at 23:52

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Huh, i guess I could see that.  The documentation that came with my carb was really bad, without the internet I’m not sure how I would have figured this out.  That said, having worked with Solex and Edelbrock carbs before, so far I prefer the Weber.  Aside from the fuel starvation thing, it has been way less fussy.