I vaguely remember Gene Berg offering a 4 throttle bodied conversion by
TWM.......wait.....that's FI ......never mind.....

DM&FS

At 06:09 PM 8/16/2006, David Bohannan wrote:

>http://redlineweber.com/html/application_guide/VW.htm
>
>Check it out...
>
>Dave
>
>On 8/16/06, 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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>>Jonce Fancher
>>
>>56 Single Cab
>>66 Sunroof Bug
>>66 Variant Squareback
>>66 Porsche 912
>>71 Sunroof Bus
>>84 Vanagon "Gottfried"
>>85 Vanagon Westi
>>2003 10 Passenger Sprinter
>>
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>
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