TheSamba.com :: View topic - Buying used Dellorto's Sunday...no idea what I am doing. :D

Fri Jun 15, 2012 2:01 pm

Got a guy local to me selling a used set of FRD 34's with linkage, manifolds, air cleaners for $225. Seems liek a fair price a little under samba classifieds prices so I thought I would go for it. He says he pulled them from his runnig 1600 after he swapped for a 1835 this year and he rebuilt them last year. Says shafts are tight and they ran great when pulled. Can someone school me on what to touch, feel, and look for when I meet him? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Fri Jun 15, 2012 2:15 pm

What are you ptuing them on??

Grab the end of the throttle shaft and see if it has any wiggle to it. If not, good. Make sure the lever action is good and smooth, not crusty or odd feeling. Look for corrosion down the bores, around the venturis, look for bent or broken mixture screws on the bodies, make sure the linkage is all there, filter bases, tops, hardware, manifolds, etc...

Fri Jun 15, 2012 3:01 pm

Hotrodvw wrote: What are you ptuing them on??

Grab the end of the throttle shaft and see if it has any wiggle to it. If not, good. Make sure the lever action is good and smooth, not crusty or odd feeling. Look for corrosion down the bores, around the venturis, look for bent or broken mixture screws on the bodies, make sure the linkage is all there, filter bases, tops, hardware, manifolds, etc...

I'm putting them on a stock 1600 I just started to tear down. I'm open to suggestions of other parts I should replace to get the most out of the carbs/motor.

Thanks for the advice HotRod I will do as instructed.

Fri Jun 15, 2012 3:14 pm

Get a Dremel and do a light port and polish of the heads. consider a large cam like a 110. These two thinks would really help give it some more go without breaking the bank. There is a really good tutorial on Cal-Look.com in there old Tech articles. Just bump up the jetting. I am sure that someone here can help with that.

Sat Jun 16, 2012 4:56 am

Arnolds64 wrote: Get a Dremel and do a light port and polish of the heads. consider a large cam like a 110. These two thinks would really help give it some more go without breaking the bank. There is a really good tutorial on Cal-Look.com in there old Tech articles. Just bump up the jetting. I am sure that someone here can help with that.

I personally think a engle 110 cam would be a bad choice for a pretty stock 1600 engine and lose you low end TQ.

I would use CB performance cheater cam, the frd's , head port fluff and buff and a basic 1 3/8 header.