Ojc
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Just out of curiosity really, not planning on it myself just wondered how you do it. Its something that I've never quite got my head around.
For example take a 1.6 8v multi point injection engine, how do you go about binning all the injection system and changing that over to carbs? Do you bin the fuel pump etc?
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Robin
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setting up, or converting to?
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Ojc
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Are all weber carbs the same? The twin 40 etc? You just use a inlet manifold that suits the engine you've got and attach the webers to that? Where do you get the inlet manifolds from?
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Ojc
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setting up, or converting to?
Converting to Robin.
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Sly_SRi
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keep the fuel pump but use a pressure regulator to take the pressure down to around 5 psi, then another regulator to take it down further. Then you just have to connect the fuel line onto the carbs, set up the throttle linkage and thats it.
You can keep the existing ignition setup.
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Robin
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see Colins mini thread, the princible is the same 
as for Weber Carbs, there are a lot of different types, but the most common ones to use are the DCOE (now known as the DCOW if you buy new) and the DTML, as found on the fiesta XR2.
manifolds, http://www.tuning.co.uk
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Sly_SRi
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If your buying new inlet manifolds, then jenvey do them. You can use the same ones they use for tb's. Webers and dellortos have the same pattern so any of them will fit onto the manifold.
If your buying 2nd hand carbs then make sure you know what choke sizes are fitted as these are expensive to replace. Also buy a gasket and seals kit for about £50 so you can renew them.
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Ojc
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Originally posted by Sly_SRi
keep the fuel pump but use a pressure regulator to take the pressure down to around 5 psi, then another regulator to take it down further. Then you just have to connect the fuel line onto the carbs, set up the throttle linkage and thats it.
You can keep the existing ignition setup.
You had a lot of trouble with doing it that way though didn't you?
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jr
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Olliver
Buy an inlet, from online autosport, and a throttle linkage, and a set of twin 40's
mount these, and your fuel set up with an FPR (cossie one is favored from what ive read)
either ise dizzy or something liek weberalpha/illminations
think you need a diffrent type of duel pump as well
then take it to someone to set up
PS dont do it 
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Sly_SRi
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Didn't have trouble with the fueling. Being adjustable I could set it to whatever pressure I needed. But, I didn't have a fuel pressure gauge so I wasn't sure what pressure it was running!
Or you can get another low pressure fuel pump and even keep the existing pump in the tank (but switched off). it'll just bypass it.
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jr
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but of you have a external pump surely your going to need to go down the roye of having a swirl pot, and things which scare me as i dont know about them
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Ojc
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Olliver
Buy an inlet, from online autosport, and a throttle linkage, and a set of twin 40's
mount these, and your fuel set up with an FPR (cossie one is favored from what ive read)
either ise dizzy or something liek weberalpha/illminations
think you need a diffrent type of duel pump as well
then take it to someone to set up
PS dont do it
Right this is where I get confused, you have the new inlet manifold and the carbs and the throttle linkage, I've binned the airflow meter and the ECU? But if its carbs then surely it won't need any kind of engine management? What then controls the CTS and things like that?
This is very confusing, what then tells the engine to fire etc?
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jr
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whats the CTS ???
the rotor is still spining, and the coil and dizzy are still there, thats the ignition side of things
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Sly_SRi
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I think you'll find on ur engine you can keep the ignition setup working without the ECU.
If not, however. Keep the ECU, just disconnect the injectors/sensors etc. And it'll still run the ignition side of things. You can mount a throttle position sensor also.
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Sly_SRi
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Or.....just buy my ignition setup I have sitting in my garage which is for a nova 
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Ojc
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whats the CTS ???
the rotor is still spining, and the coil and dizzy are still there, thats the ignition side of things
Coolant temp sensor, oil temp sensor what controls these if you've ditched the ECU and AFM?
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Robin
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just pay Lee to do it
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Robin
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whats the CTS ???
the rotor is still spining, and the coil and dizzy are still there, thats the ignition side of things
Coolant temp sensor, oil temp sensor what controls these if you've ditched the ECU and AFM?
nothing. you dont need a CTS, you'll have a manual choke, for cold starts, which is what the CTS is there for...
oil temp sender will still work as its just a sender, doesnt control anything except the gauge
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ed
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Everything is mechanical on Carbs. You leave the sensors in to block the holes, but they do nothing. Or you can use electronic ignition managment which controls the spark plugs. Either way, you are downgrading your engine
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jr
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TBH i have no idea, and never thought about it
CTS is there for a fueling purpose, so it can adjust it, by going on the basis with carsb the fueling is manually done then tahst done away with surely ??
Oil temp/Pressure, dont know
J1M is top bloke to talk too regarding how it works
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jr
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Originally posted by ed
Everything is mechanical on Carbs. You leave the sensors in to block the holes, but they do nothing. Or you can use electronic ignition managment which controls the spark plugs. Either way, you are downgrading your engine
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Robin
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try telling J1M with his 160bhp that carbs are a downgrade 
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jr
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and a sub 15 1/4 mile
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ed
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Would have been better using EFI 
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