<VV> carburetors Dellorto 34mm

[Louis C. Armer,Jr.]

I invite you and all the VVers to check out what Dave Binnie 
accomplished with the
carb setup. You may view the story at Gary Aube's "Best Corvair Site" 
:-) http://www.corvaircorsa.com/binnie02.html

Chuck Armer
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At 01:08 AM 3/7/2007, you wrote:
>
>In a message dated 3/6/2007 5:14:23 PM Pacific Standard Time,
>korvayrouille66 at yahoo.com writes:
>
>Has  anyone achieved a good result by using a pair of the single barrel Solex
>34mm  with electric chokes.  This dual carb set up is marketed to the VW
>crowd.  The Solexes are similar in size to the Rochester carbs.
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>I adapted a pair of Dellorto 34mm singles to the Corvair 110. I actually
>helped my friend install it on his 110/PG. I believe the whole 
>set-up went to
>Dave Binnie, up in the great white North. (Canada) He was planning 
>on building a
>  blow-through turbo set-up with them. I used the hex cross shaft kit from
>the CB Performance dune-buggy folks. The 34mm is a bit larger than the
>Rochester. The rochester is about a 32mm as I recall 1.25" = (24.Xmm 
>+ 6.Xmm),  maybe
>slightly larger then 32. But they worked fine. They used solid floats  which
>is why the blow-through was attractive. I wouldn't attempt an adaptation  of
>carbs today without installing a wide-band O2 sensor (borrowed or 
>bought). It
>should save you so much time in dialing it in. Dave may be able to 
>comment on
>their final performance. - Seth Emerson
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