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doug325i
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Tue Oct 18, 2005 7:14 pm
Anyone attempted or sucessfully done a carb conversion for the 325i - just thinking of the old webber twin chokes

think the noise would be kinda nice on a 2.5 straight 6!
Also would kill that annoying injector noise stone dead
Doug
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m-dtech
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Tue Oct 18, 2005 7:33 pm
im doing jenvey throttle bodies

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craigieeb
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Tue Oct 18, 2005 7:33 pm
well if your thinking of doing the conversion i have a pair of 45's just sitting here colecting dust, granted there's only two, but it's a start ;)
and iv never seen 3, 45's on an M20 engine, only on the 4 pots
mmmmmmmmm
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koos
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Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:01 pm
that would look really good !!! would sound great too.
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doug325i
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Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:08 pm
May be something for the future, Definatly worth a thought...
I have the problem that its my daily driver so can't afford for it to sit around while I puzzle over air/fuel mixes!
Easyer to wait until someone else does it first! (then copy)
cheers
Doug

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jmc330i
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Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:17 pm
Dont some of the guys who race in the Kumho series run carbs on their M20s?
Might be worth a post in the Motorsport section and try to get hold of one of them.
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kam-325i
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Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:22 pm
jmc330i wrote:Dont some of the guys who race in the Kumho series run carbs on their M20s?
Might be worth a post in the Motorsport section and try to get hold of one of them.
I shall ask Nigel when i see him saturday morning......he might have some pic's as well.
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Andy335Touring
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Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:23 pm
jmc330i wrote:Dont some of the guys who race in the Kumho series run carbs on their M20s?
Might be worth a post in the Motorsport section and try to get hold of one of them.
Yeah, Taffy has carbs
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doug325i
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tomstickland
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Thu Oct 20, 2005 6:16 pm
Carbs sound great, but injection is the way to go for a daily driver road car. Throttle bodies allow the best of both worlds.
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doug325i
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Thu Oct 20, 2005 6:21 pm
Yeah - after some research, Ive gone off the idea a bit, some of the fuel consumption figures look scary..
Still would like to do sometime - but maybe shelf that idea a bit until I dont have to comute 70 mile each day!
Doug