Broke4speed
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- Oct 5, 2009
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- Marionville, Ontario, Canada
Ok, I'm going bonkers and I know if it wasn't winter here in Canadia, I could easily answer this for myself by finishing the swap and driving the car. Since I can't do that for another couple of months...I have a question for the ether: The stock AQ171 16v carb setup was dual single-barrel 44mm carbs with 32mm chokes. I have a set of DCOE40s, with a couple sizes of chokes available to me (34 and 36), and I'm really wondering if I could be happy without going to DCOE 45s.
I've read so much about 36mm chokes not being really great in a 40mm carb, because of the lack of airspeed/turbulence/mystic science of the choke being very close in diameter to the internal diameter of the carb, which will allegedly affect driveability. I am very much a 'mid-range' driver, and have no real interest in maximum power. I am going with the 2.5L for the midrange torque that larger displacement engines provide, and with a maximum HP figure coming in at 5700 rpm (PZ penta cams), I don't need to rev to the moon.
What I am trying to figure out is if the stock setup used two singles choked down from 44 to 32, could I get away with the DCOE40s with 34mm chokes, or is there anyone out there who's run 36s in theirs and haven't found any real issues with driveability?
I hate winter.
I've read so much about 36mm chokes not being really great in a 40mm carb, because of the lack of airspeed/turbulence/mystic science of the choke being very close in diameter to the internal diameter of the carb, which will allegedly affect driveability. I am very much a 'mid-range' driver, and have no real interest in maximum power. I am going with the 2.5L for the midrange torque that larger displacement engines provide, and with a maximum HP figure coming in at 5700 rpm (PZ penta cams), I don't need to rev to the moon.
What I am trying to figure out is if the stock setup used two singles choked down from 44 to 32, could I get away with the DCOE40s with 34mm chokes, or is there anyone out there who's run 36s in theirs and haven't found any real issues with driveability?
I hate winter.