carby recondition or weber?

calamity · Post by **calamity** » Fri Apr 04, 2014 11:37 pm

ok guys...need some help here....i can get my current carby completly cleaned and reconditioned to as new condition for $350 or i can buy a full brand new weber carby with parts to fit my engine fully for $590...my question is it the weber worth it? or should i just recondition my current carby?

what would performance boosts be like from each?
is it a noticable upgrade?

my car is 1984 touring wagon...ea-82 engine...

jims · Post by **jims** » Mon Apr 14, 2014 12:24 am

Weber. I was in the same position. Spent money trying to fix the old carb but should have just bought the bullet earlier. Noticeable torque increase with the weber.

calamity · Post by **calamity** » Mon Apr 14, 2014 1:47 am

well due to picking up a 98 wrx on tuesday im going to be transplanting the engines over...the wrx is from the wreckers though...unsure of condition on it...but the wrecker bought it for $300 and i bought it for $1000 :/ (wrecker definently makes his money worth...) but i know the engine and wiring to suite is in perfect condition...

on another note...my friend wants to put the ea-82 from mine into the wrx just to try get it back on the road...and all i can think of is how funny thats gonna be...

also...ordered the webber carby kit yesterday....

can i ask though...is the addition of the webber to the ea 82 a really noticable difference? if it is i may stick to the stock engine to save the trouble of transplanting...

Esubie · Post by **Esubie** » Mon Apr 14, 2014 9:23 am

.......and how hard is installation please ?

(Also I don't like to see 'Redline' anywhere near anything. Is there another source ?)

calamity · Post by **calamity** » Mon Apr 14, 2014 2:29 pm

well this is the site i used....

http://www.weberperformance.com.au/inde ... qgqthjh1a4

hoping will arrive this week...will let know how it all goes...

Esubie · Post by **Esubie** » Mon Apr 14, 2014 6:20 pm

Good one. I bookmarked it.

Did you just go standard everything or did you get any "Carburettor Options" ?

Silverbullet · Post by **Silverbullet** » Fri Apr 18, 2014 7:56 pm

This is where I got my Weber from

http://www.jameng.com/categories/Subaru/

Very reasonably priced and they come in a kit with the adapter plate. Postage rates to Australia are excellent and it arrived astonishingly quickly. I'm doing the conversion to my Brum as we speak and I'll make a tutorial when it's finished, although I'm using an EA82 intake manifold for the bigger intake hole. I had to buy the Redline EA82 adapter plate kit and you're right to be cautious of them this adapter plate was almost junk. But being the only one out there I had to use it (not before I fixed it slightly) More to come when I finish my conversion.

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Fri Apr 18, 2014 11:28 pm

Weber for the win

JP147 · Post by **JP147** » Wed Apr 30, 2014 6:38 pm

I am planning to buy one, do they really come with everything you need? Also, it looks to me like the fuel return port is blanked off. Is this a problem when using an electric fuel pump?