What carbs are these?

[Christien]

I'm rebuilding my Zenith carbs and found a little imprinted tag with the part # on it. Just for fun, I ran the # through the Pelican catalogue. The full number 91110812302 didn't have a hit, but taking the last digit off to get 9111081230 produces:

CARBURETOR
- This is a special-order, non-returnable, part
(availability and shipping charges may vary).
OEM-91110812300 $4582.06

What the hell? A $4600 carburetor? At that price, the 2 carbs alone are worth more than I paid for the entire car in the first place!!!

Here's a pic from before tear-down:



After cleanup, it reads "Deutsche Vergaser GMBH & Co KG" "Zenith 40 TIN".

And the tag:



Thoughts?

[Todd Simpson]

Well, for them to be worth $4600 each, you'd have to find a buyer...that will be tough!

The interesting thing is that Porsche might actually have some Zenith carbs sitting in a warehouse somewhere? You'd think they'd be NLA by now.

A similar item are the Aluminum 911S front calipers. Pelican will sell you part number 911-351-935-00-OEM for the tidy sum $2751.25, each, while the same item can be found used in nice shape for a few hundred. Another example is a targa top, which I've heard is $10K new from Porsche.

So...I'll bet it's not anything but a stock Zenith carb that's like a bunch of other unusual parts in the Porsche catalog-silly expensive.

[Christien]

Ok, that sounds like a reasonable explanation. I just had a look on ebay and a set of Zeniths with the same part # sold recently for a couple hundred bucks.

Thanks for clarifying!

[Mukilteo911]

For a 2.0 - 2.4, if rebuilt they rock like a mother, I had some on my 2.2 and my 2.4 and they were wonderful. It's only when you have to go to a larger engine that they become difficult to tune since parts are non existant.

[Joeaksa]

Originally posted by Mukilteo911
For a 2.0 - 2.4, if rebuilt they rock like a mother, I had some on my 2.2 and my 2.4 and they were wonderful. It's only when you have to go to a larger engine that they become difficult to tune since parts are non existant.

Also by this time the throttle shafts are very worn and while there may be someone you can find to rebush a Weber, try finding someone to do the same thing on a Zenith.

I tossed the old ones on my '72 model 15 years ago and put Webers on it. Never looked back...

[Mukilteo911]

Reworking the shafts not a problem, find a good machine shop. Anyone who's tossing them in the trash, call me first and I'll send a UPS tag. all smiles, peace.