Please throw in your 2 cents:
I've posted on this a million times before in various threads but I wanted to get a general consensus and pick everyone's brains:
I have had enough and I'm getting rid of my carb..... Should I:
A: Just buy a newly refurbished one from importcarburetors or nationalcarburetors.
OR
B:Just buy a f***in Weber kit from ebay.
As it stands right now I have already rebuilt my present carb and tuned it EXACTLY as instructed (Minus the special tools) and It still wont run...when it WAS last running it was still problematic at best. Some of my vacuum solenoids are NOT working properly so that may be my only issue, but I think the problem is more complicated than that.
So, out of frustration I just want to buy my way past the problem. I am SOOOO tempted to get the weber (I want it like a fat dog wants bacon) , but I have visions of failing my visual test when smog comes up. Many of you have said "Oh the smog guy wont be able to tell the difference" this is true, but he will probably still look for vacuum hook-ups to my charcoal canister and other emission related pieces. I know that a weber will pass the actual dyno test, but I'm fearful of the visual.
SO, I'm asking YOU: What would you suggest? A weber or a rebuild?...and any california weber owners, what has been your smog experience? And did you take any measures to "hide" the weber? I was thinking I'd have to cut the factory airbox to make it sit on the weber, and I'd even have to try and make the vacuum lines look like they were still going to the carb. I'm just not willing to gamble on the weber if my odds of getting away with it are low, but I'm also concerned that a rebuilt keihin wont be tuned properly and I'll end up swapping an old malfunctioning carb for a NEW malfunctioning carb!
So please, any Californians, tell me what YOU'VE done with your carbs, and if you've swapped them, what were your experiences with the smog man?
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