Duel carbs for 2.0 advice pls

[lawryrg]

Greetings,
I’m planning to put a 2.0 in my 79 Westy. I’m unhappy with the Weber progressive single and am convinced that Gordon my duel carbs is the way to go.
Any inputs on the best performance / value of carb kits to use?
Reliability and daily driver for in Florida is the mission.
Many thanks.

[babysnakes]

I live in S.Florida and have dual Dellorto 40s set up by Blackline Racing on my 2.0 in a '78 Westy. I like them.

[lawryrg]

Thanks! Looking at these carbs too. Do you have vacuum advance with your dizzy on your setup?

[Manfred58sc]

Dueling carbs!!! ringside action!! Left side , right side!! Whos gonna win?
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Fat chick owner/operator

[babysnakes]

[orwell84]

I thought Dellortos were long gone. The 36’s were a good choice for the Type 4 engines, but I think are very hard to find. Weber 40’s are popular too. I run original Solex dual carbs on my 2 liter, but I would not point you in that direction. The progressive is workable with some tinkering, but you would do better with duals.

[SGKent]

FI works really well. Also the last thing you want is the carbs dueling with one another.

[Oil Phil-M]

I made the switch many years ago from the 2 barrel progressive to dual 40mm IDFs. I have an in cab vacuum gauge. Manifold vacuum with dual IDFs will be 1/2 of what it is with a progressive. Ported vacuum for the dizzy is essentially zero when driving.

[lawryrg]

Thanks all for the great info. And thanks for the spelling humor; always have a 50/50 chance of getting that one right!

Next question since I may need to go another route with my type 4. Can I put stock 1.8 pistons, rings, jugs and heads on a 1.7 block without cracking the case?
My 1.7 runs smooth but lousy compression all around.
thx.[/i]

[orwell84]

[lawryrg]

Excellent. I’m investigating that route to repower my 79 Westy.

Thx
Gordon