Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #5697
From: Ken Welter <rotary.coot@verizon.net>
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Non-EFI fuel systems
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 09:38:42 -0800
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
[FlyRotary] Re: Non-EFI fuel systems
 For the best deal on Weber carbs check out performance parts warehouse at http://www.webercarburetors.com

 Ken
 
Hi, Ken....Check out Mazdatrix.  On their home page, click on racing, then click on Weber IDA carbs, and you will see that they have both the 48mm and the 51mm. The 48mm costs $575.00, and the bored-out 51mm,  part number 16602, sells for $850.00.
      If I thought this would bolt right on to a manifold, and have provisions for leaning at altitude, my EFI would go back in the closet.  Did I say I like to keep it simple, no high pressure pumps, fuel sumps with fuel returns, MAP settings to deal with, etc?   I find it much easier to simply lean the mixture with altitude than to try to set up all this fancy EFI system.  Thanks for the info.  Paul Conner

   Way to much as I gave $350 for my 48 and the 51 was the same but they were out and the 55mm was about $500 as I recall.
 The leaning system that I have on my Weber work fine up to 16,000 ft which is about the top end for my coot.

 There are pros and cons to a carb vs injection and a thought that I have had is to run a Weber as a throttle body for injection but have a switch to change from the injection to the carb, very redundant but more complex but all it would add over injection is one extra pump
 .

  Ken
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