IMHO the essential part is the proper vanagon air-intake manifold as then it's a bolt-on.  An
adapter plate can easily be made up to mate a Weber (or other) carb to the proper air in-take
manifold. Be sure to buy a jet kit with any carb that you buy, as that way one can tweek the jets
for the engine.  m

--- Jonce Fancher <streetbugs@WHISPLLC.COM> wrote:

> I guess the Question is for the Vanagons 83.5 to 91. Is there a company offering Carb kits for
> the intake as a bolt on?? I know carbs were in some
> european and other markets. but is there a kit to do this like a brosal or solex even webers
> single or dual? Ive never seen one offered up by anyone but
> would be interested for fun. Presently both my 84 and 85 are FI but the 85 is not running well
> till warmed up so I need to find out why. c-ya Jonce
>
> >www.CIP1.com has some air intake manifolds & carbs for the air-cooled.  I've been told that
> these
> >do not fit water cooled engines, but I'm not the expert.
>
> >I have been running a carb (first a Solex and now a Weber) carb on my 91 syncro westy for the
> past
> >9 or 10 years and I have come to perfer it:  what power there is, is RIGHT NOW when you put
> your
> >foot down. And carbs doon't fail the way EFI does, carbs give one about 1,000 miles warning
> (rough
> >running) prior to shutting down the van.   I get about the same gas milage as other EFI syncro
> >westies.
>
> >Down side is, there's a bit more air pollution, and if there are emmission tests in your
> >state/provence, a carb'ed  van might fail.
>
> >FWIW, my carb'ed 91 syncro westy is for sale, and the '89 van I'm replacing it with, I might
> just
> >take off the EFI and put on a carb.   Malcolm (Halifax NS)
>
> >--- Mike Rouby <mikerouby@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
>
> >> Any swap their aircooled (Type 4) or Wasserboxer over to carb?  Why and any benefits?
> >>
> >>   Just bought my 81 which I swapped to a progressive holley single carb.
> >>
> >>   Thanks.
>
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