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Solex carb on a 73 2.0
I recently broke a promise that I would only buy a 914 with stock induction. What I got is a '73 2.0L that's got an aftermarket carb. It is a single carb on a manifold that was modified for the 3 stud Porsche heads. I think that the carb is a Solex 34XE. It bears a strong resemblance to one pictured in an ad for Red Lion (in SoCal) from a January '87 Hot VWs magazine.
Does anyone have any info wrt this setup? It runs ok today but I'd like to have enough info to keep it running well. Also, I'd be interested in opinions on this carb. I know all the arguments around FI vs carb so that need not be repeated. It runs kind of lumpy at idle and it previously had dual Webers. For this reasons I suspect that it may have a cam timed for carbs. Thanks.
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