SU carb reconditioning ?
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 9:57 pm
What actually wears out and how much does it cost to fix ?
As far as I can see there are two major areas which can't be easily fixed -
The throttle butterfly assembly, shaft, bushes etc.
The piston/carb body fit
I just checked out Burlens prices for new HIF44s
Over £600 each (out of stock anyway)
This sort of puts the price of a new Weber/Edelbrock 4 barrel carb and manifold into perspective.
There seem to be a lot of people offering "good as new" reconditioned SUs, but are they that ??
Can they really be refurbished to "as new" performance ?
What should I expect to pay for a quality job ?
Any finally, what sort of milages can these carbs run up before they are noticably shagged out again ?
Apologies for the plethora of questions, but I really have next to no experience of these carbs at all
As far as I can see there are two major areas which can't be easily fixed -
The throttle butterfly assembly, shaft, bushes etc.
The piston/carb body fit
I just checked out Burlens prices for new HIF44s
Over £600 each (out of stock anyway)
This sort of puts the price of a new Weber/Edelbrock 4 barrel carb and manifold into perspective.
There seem to be a lot of people offering "good as new" reconditioned SUs, but are they that ??
Can they really be refurbished to "as new" performance ?
What should I expect to pay for a quality job ?
Any finally, what sort of milages can these carbs run up before they are noticably shagged out again ?
Apologies for the plethora of questions, but I really have next to no experience of these carbs at all