Landy-Novice Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 hello every1, i new to all this, i hav a early 2a with a single weber car, i waz wonderin how hard and wat do i need to change to a twin carb and how would it be?? and is it worth doin?? power/performance, i dont reli mind about the fuel, as s11 aint good anyway!! thank you all!! james Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeriesEwan Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 you may struggle fitting dual carbs as it will mean fitting a new inlet manifold, also remember that the LR carburettor is lever operated & not cable pulled so you may need to adapt the linkages for operation like this. What carb is on there at the moment? is it standard or has someone fitted an aftermarket one? the Weber 34 ICT/ICH is a common replacement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tacr2man Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 A worthwhile improvement is to convert to a SU Hif 2" This will give impropved economy, and better reliability. FMHE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landy-Novice Posted April 17, 2011 Author Share Posted April 17, 2011 well atm i have weber 34ich,but i seen a weber link below, which looks pretty good, hopefully more power out of it!!!! wats the su carb like compared to the weber??? cheers james http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WEBER-32-34-DMTL-CARB-ETC5305-LANDROVER-2250cc-90-110-/150388437938?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item2303d973b2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tacr2man Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 SU will give better fuel economy, and is a good all round unit , they stay well in tune, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landy-Novice Posted May 11, 2011 Author Share Posted May 11, 2011 ok cool, tbh i dont care about fuel, its awfull anyway, im after power! waz wonderin about a twin, where can i get the manifold from?? james Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon White Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 If you want power remove the old 2.25 and fit something else! Even with £1000s of ACR kit the 2.25's are still pretty carp and low powered! V8 conversion, maybe a 200tdi if the fuel worries you at all. Mine now has a 200tdi in it and having fiddled with the boost pressure and the injector pump, its just as quick as it was when I had the V8 in it! The difference is it now does 36mpg, where the old V8 did about 12! Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 And if you want improved drivability, more power & better economy look no further than single point fuel injection running on Megasquirt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Welcome along, always good to have another Series in the fold. Bowie & Jon are right - the 2.25 is a solid & reliable lump but spending lots on tuning really doesn't gain you very much in comparison to dropping in a V8 or TDi or whatever. If you want to keep the 4-pot and do something a bit different, fit MegaSquirt & EDIS to it, should be very doable with a few bits from the scrappy (a basic SPI setup from any 4-pot eurobox will do) and will give a big boost in drivability, and allow you to tune to unlock the potential of the engine (they're massively under-tuned as standard to cope with towing a trailer across the sahara running on 62 octane). I really wouldn't bother p*ssing about with carbs, you'll only be finding new ways for it to not work properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landy-Novice Posted May 19, 2011 Author Share Posted May 19, 2011 ok cheers, sounds good, is that kit expensive and where would i get it from? and a v8 sounds nice but i dont have the know how to do it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Search button is your friend - there's a whole Megasquirt sub-forum in the tools-n-fab forum. Several people have gotten a certain way down the road of doing a 2.25 although most seem to have lost interest, frustrating as it's not a complicated thing to do really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retroanaconda Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Case in point: http://otly.church-walk.com/Megasquirt/page1.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad_pete Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 I had a weber, and then the power camshaft and cylinder head and the weber couldn't keep up, so I added the SU. It was not short on power. I liked having a tuned original engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landy-Novice Posted May 21, 2011 Author Share Posted May 21, 2011 cheers but looks to complicated for me and im only 16 so reli cant afford that and i dont have that sort of knowledge! :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeriesEwan Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 cheers but looks to complicated for me and im only 16 so reli cant afford that and i dont have that sort of knowledge! :( ahh never say never, ok going right for a megasquirt, or radical carb conversion may be too far but get yourself a timing light, & a colourtune & fiddle a bit, Learn how to properly setup a single carb ( which you may find will give you more power anyway ) & then see what your budget alows. from personal experience though, I would avoid 2nd hand carbs, landrover items are not too bad but I spent far more time & money rebuilding a carp weber carb for my mini than it would of cost to buy a brand new item off the shelf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 None of us were born with that sort of knowledge, only one way of changing the situation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landy-Novice Posted May 23, 2011 Author Share Posted May 23, 2011 oh ok, have overhauled the carb but the engine power is tbh, SH*T! and i no but wen 'freezer <--- said wat i needed, i almost fell over! :blink: but i think the next thing is to put the front axle back together and to attemp power steering, im thinkin RR p38 box+pump+shaft= not sure about drag link?!?! but ill have to see how brave i am lol james Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 I have to ask exactly how much power you're expecting from a 50-year-old engine designed to give about 62hp in an agricultural vehicle? It's a shire horse not a whippet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuck Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 I have to ask exactly how much power you're expecting from a 50-year-old engine designed to give about 62hp in an agricultural vehicle? It's a shire horse not a whippet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicks90 Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 whatever happened to that chap on here who was putting on a single point injection from a VW (i think) to his series petrol? The one with the plastic chopping board cut up as a spacer to the manifold??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Don't think it ever got completed, shame, it would have been a nice little project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retroanaconda Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 It's something I plan to do to mine, but having read several accounts of attempts and all of them never being complete, I don't want to start the project until I can finish it...if you know what I mean! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 The only reason they didn't get finished is because of the owner, not the kit.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landy-Novice Posted May 24, 2011 Author Share Posted May 24, 2011 well, i aint hear of that its 43 years old and well a bit more tbh. i wanted to sell it but i would be on a Hench loss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landy-Novice Posted May 24, 2011 Author Share Posted May 24, 2011 just though that if it waz properly tuned it may run more eco with more power??? plz checkout my other topic 'power steering convertion' cheeers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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