Re: relieving valve pockets

Posted by Fred Puhn On 2012/9/17 10:13:16

I just want to correct a statement in the last posting. Webers are not hard to tune, in fact it is just the opposite. They are probably the easiest carb to tune because everything is available/removable to tune. The problem is people do not know what to change if they have an issue. I know from experience that you cannot just slap a Weber on a car and have it run perfectly with more power. That also holds true for slapping on a Carter, Holly, Mikuni, or whatever. The difference is that the Weber can be adjusted and the others maybe not.

There are many books on tuning Webers, so research is needed. Because Weber jets are very easy to change it is sort of fun to play with them. Once a Weber is right it is a very reliable carb. That is probably why they were universally copied and used on all race cars until fuel injection took over.