weber?

[jpfxB80-50]

if the carb is set up correctly(not lean) then it will be 99% better from all I read here. I just ordered a weber for mine and cannot wait to get it running correctly finally. Some of the OG members can tell you better

[rogueson91]

hmm, well its $400 total for the weber and all the tuning and such with it, or spend $289 to have it rebuilt which the guy said he knows all about them and keeps the og parts to them

[originalowner]

hmm, well its $400 total for the weber and all the tuning and such with it, or spend $289 to have it rebuilt which the guy said he knows all about them and keeps the og parts to them

I would be leery of anyone who said they have had success rebuilding the stock carbs. It just doesn't happen with any degree of success.

The problem is there are plastic parts (bakelite actually) that crack and cause internal air leaks that no rebuilding will fix and most of the time the cracks cannot be seen with the naked eye. My personal mechanic cut his teeth on Mitsu's and actually preformed the PDI on my truck and worked on it while it was still under warranty. At this point in his career he is a master Ford tech for gas and diesel. In other words I trust and believe anything he says.

There are two things which give an advantage to the stock carb. They were equipped to automatically adjust (raise) the idle when the A/C compressor cycled on and off, and to also shut the fuel off at the carb when the ignition key was turned off. This prevents run on and dieseling which they are very prone to do. I have to kill it by popping the clutch which is a PIA but if you set the idle speed where you can just switch the key off, the idle is way way too fucking low, esp. with the A/C on. Believe me on that. There is no happy median and when you get down to it, I have the screw turned all the way out, and it idles at 1000. The stocker it was just set it at 750 with the A/C off. To be fair to the stock carb, mine practically drove like it had EFI it was so smooth. (It lasted 275,000K before it took a dump.) The Weber has neither of those features, which really helps you if the truck is a daily driver.

All that said, the Weber by nature will require a little fiddling at the time of the install, but once you do that, it's basically "set it and forget it."

I noticed no difference in either MPGs and performance and driveability between the two.