Re: Carb Conversion? Good Idea for rally car?

["Chris DeLong" <green536@hotmail.com>]

I disagree with throttle response. My carbs give me more low end "snap" than 
any F.I. car I've ever driven.IMHO


From: "Scott F. Williams" <sfwilliams@worldnet.att.net>
>To: scirocco list <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Re: Carb Conversion? Good Idea for rally car?
>Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 22:21:31 -0400
>
>WaspHwy@aol.com wrote:
>
> > I can get a Dellorto conversion (2 carbs, mani, linkage, etc...) for my 
>1.8
> > 8v 84 Scirocco. Is this a good Idea for my rally car aspirations?
>
>Eeeww.... carbs... I don't like having to constantly fiddle with shit. I 
>like
>stock Bosch fuel injection a lot. Find your power in your exhaust and head. 
>If
>you've got the coin, spring for a 2.0l.
>
> > would the reliability go down?
>
>Reliability, I don't really think so. Nor will it go up, however. What 
>you'll
>lose is *convenience*. Do you really want to rejet the carbs for cold, hot,
>high humidity, low humidity, a new ignition system, for midrange or top 
>end?
>Blecchh.. Screw that... Oh yeah, your fuel economy will suck. How does this
>sound so far?
>
> > would the horsepower go up?
>
>If you're planning on running really wild cams then I think that peak hp 
>will
>climb past that which the stock fuel injection can produce with the *same*
>cams. That however, is because the CIS airflow plate starts bouncing all 
>over
>the place with air pressure fluctuations caused by the hottest cams. Keep 
>in
>mind though, that the hot sticks (like Schrick 266+, e.g.) don't put the 
>power
>where you need it in a rally car. Tune for *midrange* power that will allow 
>you
>to slingshot out of hair pins and blast up a mountainside. Your 8v motor
>doesn't have the widest powerband by default, anyway. Another thing that 
>you
>give up with carbs is the sharp throttle response that we enjoy with our 
>cars.
>Why make the engine less useable and driveable?
>
>I run a g-grind in a worked 2.0l. Midrange my friend. Pray to the gods of
>mdrange torque...
>
> > what are your thoughts?
>
>Dunno. -never really considered any of this, actually... ;^)
>--
>Scott F. Williams
>NJ Scirocco nut
>SCCA ProRally driver
>Hotrod Rabbit GTi
>
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Chris DeLong
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'65 Bus (ugly, but good for campin' W/toaster oven)
'82 GLI
'80 'Vert
'80 PU (slammed to the curb)
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