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Old November 19th 04, 05:03 PM
tricky
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I have a beetle carb -

I wondered if I might get a better carb without spending the 300 ukp
that the performance ones cost !

I could get a couple of performance heads for that money !


bug '59 wrote:
> Why not try to find a scrapyard carb from a beetle??
> Or are those thoughts too simple?
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> Roger
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> "tricky" > schreef in bericht
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>>Hello all
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>>still trying to decide on my new engine rebuild.
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>>I am allways looking to save a bit of money by thinking "out of the box".
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>>So , I was thinking that a carb from a non vw should work on a vw. some
>>well, some not so.
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>> Thinking scrapyard (junkyard) carbs, has anyone any knowledge on a carb
>>that world work well with a type 1 engine ? I was thinking - for example
>>a ford webber might give better performance than a pict xx and from a
>>scrappy would be at the right price :-)
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>>Rich
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