Technical Articles

Here you will find setup and tuning information for various carburetors, kits and models. You may also find colorful editorials on certain product lines.

Weber IDF Tech Articles
Get your Weber IDFs cleaned up and dialed in

Transition!
Understanding what transition is and how it works in the Weber IDF and Dellorto DRLA carburetor. These principles do apply to some other models with similar architecture, such as IDA, DCNF, DCOE, etc.

Dual 1bbl Carburetor Tech
Understandingwhat your options are for dual 1bbl carburetor setups, with information about each one, tuning tips, common problems, and installation help. This is a work in progress.

Setting up Solex 35 PDSITs
Get your Solex 35 PDSITs installed, despite how they come out of the box!

Heat Riser Tech
This is important, and it goes overlooked all the time

Clearancing engine tin for W I D E engines
This should help anyone that is building a big stroker for the first time. It will help with engines that are bout 1/4" wider than stock, or less. Any more than that and you will probably be doing some fabrication!

Rocker Geometry
Discussion on setting up ratio rockers on the VW Type 1 engine

Failure Archive
Pictures of failed parts and descriptions.. stuff happens.