weber 38 dgas
I too bought a (tuned for me) weber from TPI. Generally I like Bob and his staff so this isn't a rant on them. I took Bob's advice and did all the things he told me would be needed, electric pump, filters before and after pump, a regulator, advance dist (which I had along with a full bore Jacobs), header. The weber ran rich at even the lowest regulator setting (that would run) which was about 1 for the trail and at least 4 for any on road/hwy driving. Too low and it would starve before you could get into 3rd gear. I ran the included little k&n filter and then later adapted to the stock airbox.
No matter what adjustments I did (from the install sheet) it ran rich. I called TPI on several occasions thinking maybe it was jetted for below sea level (although Indy is only a few hundred feet above) and not once even when asked directly would/could they tell me what jets were in my carb. They actually gave me the impression that is was normal and I was just to damn worried about it.
It is sitting in a box in my garage (short the accelerator pump and diaphram I so stupidly loaned to a friend/chump that couldn't get home the 100+ miles without it). I don't miss it at all, as a matter of fact I have gotten pretty good at spotting a weber on the trail.
Everybody that I know that has one (weber) is in denial (hell I was too after spending the $400 for a turd carb) and maybe some will display that after they read this. Hopefully others may see the light.
Today (but not for long) I am running a 2bbl non-usa Asin, with a stock airbox and k&n. Major improvement in all areas, but still a carb that was built to run at minor inclines. Many of us have built rigs that can traverse much bigger obstacles than a carb can handle, especially a weber.
Soon I will be sportin' a TBI on my 2F, ripped the whole system off a 89 GMC 4.3 yesterday. Have a Downey adapter that will be used as a pattern for a more affordable option which I plan to make available to others. (Just not likely to be posted in the For Sale section here since I don't make the rules, and certainly can't break them, right SB.)
The time for fuel injection for all Cruisers has come!
I gotta get this soapbox fixed before I get hurt!
Mike "SpaceGhost" Smythe