thorpey 0 Posted November 4, 2004 can antone tell me the benefits and disadvantages of fitting twin carbs to my 1.8 16v?also does anyone know of any for sale?thanks pete Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vr6storm 0 Posted November 5, 2004 best suited in the tuning and mods section............. :wink: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VR6 0 Posted November 5, 2004 The search would help :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RACK 0 Posted November 5, 2004 Good points = Noise and fuel economy Bad points = Noise and fuel economy. Twin carbs sound awesome, especially at full chat through a tunnel. But they need setting up quite regular and can be thirsty. I think I've read somewhere they can be a bit of trouble to start on a cold day too. I'm not sure how much power you'll get out of them either, I remember reading a mag years ago where they put a set of 48's on a 16v 'Roco and the gains weren't that impressive. But the induction roar was. You should be able to do the conversion for about £700. Or spend a bit more and get some Throttle bodies instead. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theRuler 0 Posted November 5, 2004 i was advised to stick to injection, and pursue different routes for more power when i was looking at running carbs on one of my golfs. twin carbs make a big difference on a car that has one carb already. ie - the old fiesta XR2's would go lots better on twin 40's it would take a lot for an engine to be tuned outside of the capability of fuel injection. until you reach that point, stick with the injection. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
