try alpha1750 on ebay.
He's got carbs.Very reasonable and great quality.
I got a pair of Dell 36's from him.Great stuff!


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'86 GW
'93 Firehawk
'81 Escort
'90 Escort





"tricky" > wrote in message
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>I have a beetle carb -
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> I wondered if I might get a better carb without spending the 300 ukp that
> the performance ones cost !
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> I could get a couple of performance heads for that money !
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> bug '59 wrote:
>> Why not try to find a scrapyard carb from a beetle??
>> Or are those thoughts too simple?
>>
>> Roger
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>> "tricky" > schreef in bericht
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>>>Hello all
>>>
>>>still trying to decide on my new engine rebuild.
>>>
>>>I am allways looking to save a bit of money by thinking "out of the box".
>>>
>>>So , I was thinking that a carb from a non vw should work on a vw. some
>>>well, some not so.
>>>
>>> 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 :-)
>>>
>>>Rich
>>>
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