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Re: BMW solex carbs

To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>, <toby@wolfenet.com>
Subject: Re: BMW solex carbs
From: "DON BOYD, JOAN IKOMA" <dbji@whidbey.net>
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 09:22:00 -0800
Na, they actually work pretty good when they are in good shape.(which is
allmost never these days) When I was a lad, I was racing a TR Spitfire with
a set because it was all I could afford. After making emulsion tubes,main
venturies and drilling the jets, they worked as well as any dcoe has ever
worked for me.

Don Boyd

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> From: Toby B <toby@wolfenet.com>
> To: DON BOYD, JOAN IKOMA <dbji@whidbey.net>
> Cc: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: BMW solex carbs
> Date: Monday, January 25, 1999 9:30 PM
> 
> And anyway,
>       the BMW bunch just pulls 'em off and runs dcoe's anyway, like we should
> (grin)
> Toby
> with a dgav on the '02
> 
> 
> DON BOYD, JOAN IKOMA wrote:
> > 
> > The solex carbs used on the euro BMW's are compleatly different than
the
> > Datsun versions. These were only used on 2000ti , 1800ti and 1602ti
models,
> > none of which were imported to the states. However ,many were brought
in by
> > private parties.  Having worked on both, you want the japanese carbs.
The


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