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[panelbeaterpeter]

Hey, anyone got experience of running a mini on a delorto dhla 40 twin choke? I've been offered a good one for £30 and am not sure whether to go for it or not. It would a bulkhead box obviously. I'd be running it on a 1275 a+ with an mg cam, LCB and single box RC40 exhaust.

[The Matt]

You could slap it on, it would perform OK. But with the current mods a HIF44 would eb more than enough really. I guess it's somewhat down to personal taste too.

[panelbeaterpeter]

You could slap it on, it would perform OK. But with the current mods a HIF44 would eb more than enough really. I guess it's somewhat down to personal taste too.

Yeah.. I've got an HIF44 but fancied something a bit different. Plus they sound nice..
So long as it wouldn't adversely affect performance, I'd go for it.

[The Matt]

It depends on how the carb is set up too, I mean there are jets that'd possibly have to be changed, maybe the choke sizes etc. I'd go for a minimum of 5" manifold really (straighter and longer is better apparently). Allow a bit of moolar for getting jets, chokes, manifold, tuning etc.
My manifold (minispares 5") was about £60 I think. I paid £25 to get the carb re-jetted and have a new linkage fitted, that was on a Weber 45 DCOE, but I'd imagine prices would be similar.

[panelbeaterpeter]

It depends on how the carb is set up too, I mean there are jets that'd possibly have to be changed, maybe the choke sizes etc. I'd go for a minimum of 5" manifold really (straighter and longer is better apparently). Allow a bit of moolar for getting jets, chokes, manifold, tuning etc.
My manifold (minispares 5") was about £60 I think. I paid £25 to get the carb re-jetted and have a new linkage fitted, that was on a Weber 45 DCOE, but I'd imagine prices would be similar.

Yeah I mean it would have to be re jetted and a new mini linkage, as it's off a BMW. It's only gonna cost me £30 for the carb, so I could spend a wee bit on getting it set up right. There's always fleabay for the inlet fa**y mould..

[mini93]

ah i had dellorto 40, southam mini and metro centre had trouble finding parts for a 1275 in such low tune, ran like C**p used £5 to go about 15 miles or less
unless you have more work done to the engine id leave it for the time, might be an idea to get the carb now and store it, wheni bought mine it was in bad state accelerat pump(i think it was) was messed up i had to buy a donor unit to get bits from and i was just a bit anoyed at deciding i want it

[panelbeaterpeter]

ah i had dellorto 40, southam mini and metro centre had trouble finding parts for a 1275 in such low tune, ran like C**p used £5 to go about 15 miles or less
unless you have more work done to the engine id leave it for the time, might be an idea to get the carb now and store it, wheni bought mine it was in bad state accelerat pump(i think it was) was messed up i had to buy a donor unit to get bits from and i was just a bit anoyed at deciding i want it

Hmm I was worried about that. Ah well might stick with the ol' HIF.

[mini93]

dont get me wrong im sure its a crackin carb but my engine wasnt tuned enough and dellortos arent that common so parts are as available as webbers

like i say if u plan tunin the engine more so in the future and u still want it buy it store it till u like
or buy it sell it u can get moe that £30 for it

[panelbeaterpeter]

dont get me wrong im sure its a crackin carb but my engine wasnt tuned enough and dellortos arent that common so parts are as available as webbers

like i say if u plan tunin the engine more so in the future and u still want it buy it store it till u like
or buy it sell it u can get moe that £30 for it

Yeah I'll be buying it anyways. Cheers dude!