Outer Limits 4x4 Board

please dont post negative feedback as ive already heard it all.


have just put a weber on my 1.3 WT zook and want to know what ppl have done for the air cleaner. was thinking of using a stock escort / cortina aircleaner with out the filter and connect the inlet tube to the stock zook filter.

Cool, let us know how ya go with it, and what power and fuel consumtion ya get with it, would be good to get some more info on this, i was thinkin bout it but didnt get any further.
Layto....

I ran one of these carbs many years ago on a 1.8 toyo motor in a Zuk. Had the right diameter pipe bent up and ran it straight off the top of the carb with a smooth right angle bend to a pre cleaner taken off of a Patrol ( I think ), then out to the snorkel.

Survived many territory river crossings, with the benifit of the big toyota filter....

the car runs but is idling a bit high (1500) on my first test drive (no aircleaner ) i thought i was in a different car. started having flashbacks to my old escort days. the induction noise is horny. it has almost doubled the power and acceleration it used to have. Happy so far. just looking for a fix for the flooding on steep hills. think i found it. will try it and see.

at last, some 'real time' info and feedback. all i've ever heard about webers is that they arent good for hills and stuff.

look forward to seeing how b4t goes with the flooding.

i want to get one for my 1.6, but still havent had anyone convince me. i got a quote for $300 for a weber carby kit.

i got the adaptor kit from autobarn. its a LYNX adaptor Part #112 for $38. thinking of getting the propper airfilter adaptor. carby was free. (Used to drive escorts and cortinas.)

A while ago you posted up having problems with fuel consumption and runnin like shiat fouling plugs.. How did ya go with this, did ya fix it (how) before the carby conversion or has the weber changed any of it. I am havin similar problems and have sorted most of it out, but have been thinkin bout a carby swap too as my zook is gutless. (like all of them i guess )
Layto....

good memory ya got lay80n. yeh i did have probs and i thought it was the carb. but i was only half right. i replaced the carb with the same and still i had probs. it turned out the when the previous owner had engine replaced they messed up all the vac lines. also the engine was out of a swift and some of the sierra emision gear was missing. fixed all that and still it was phuked so i cracked the sads and put the weber on it.

ONLY DID THE WEBER TODAY

SO FAR SO GOOD

Is there a definate performance change with the carby, have ya tried it on angles at all?? I had the same problem with vac lines, previous owner had taken them off and put them on wrong, that is sorted now though.
Layto....

acceleration has definately improved but i dont get offroad much at the moment havin a baby and all that. will go for a bit of a drive this weekend and see how it goes on the hwy and around town.

went for a drive after work tonight and i must say WOO HOO. If ya know melb at all then this will make sense.
Igot on to the southeastern FWY at Stud Rd heading towards melb and i accelerated up to 110km/h before getting to the top of the hill in 4th gear. now i dont have any rockhoppers or any of that gearing stuff and im running 31 inch muds. and i can quite happily cruise at 100 in 5th. only dropping back to 4th for the hills. before i would struggle to hold 90km/h on the flat and 70km/h up the hills and was using 3rd alot too.

Now remember i havent as yet had the carby reco'd its been sitting at my folks for the last 8years in a box of parts in the garden shed so its prob knackered.

sounds good

but would be good to see peformance offroad

Sounds good, very keen to see what off-road and fule economy is like. What is you engine like internaly, good condition??? what compression etc.
Am thinkin bout this as my mate races escorts in hill climbs and i have done heaps of work on it, so know a bit bout webers and have access to parts and carbys too.
Layto....

A few mates have put webbers on zuks and the way they said they fixed the up hill flooding problem is to reverse the carby . Now they only flood going down hills.Which in one way is better you can coast down hills

tried to mount it backwards but it wouldnt fit. The water choke kept hitting the PCV connection on the manifold otherwise i woulda done it. i have found some other ways to fix the prob. just gotta get time to do them

I still have the Calmini air cleaner on mine but may put an edlebrock aircleaner. The Webber is still working fine on my Chevy 2.8 engine my 1.3 gave up 6 months ago