Dual carbs for sale

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Dual carbs for sale

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Found this beauties online.

Please view this ad:

Empi 40hpmx set of carburetors,
https://www.gumtree.co.za/a-car-accesso ... pp_android

Price: R 10,000
And this
I've found this on #OLX. What do you think? Vw beetle twin carbs www.olx.co.za/item/1055142930
R15995.


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Re: Dual carbs for sale

Post by Tony Z »

Both are pretty much the same.
10k is a good price, 16k is getting close to the cost of genuine webers.
The earlier hpmx carbs were crap, apparently the newer ones are fairly good, but i cant confirm.
Empi is generally associated with poor and crap quality. For this reason, I personally wouldnt touch them, I'd rather spend a bit more and get new genuine webers.
If the carbs are good and you have the patience and skill to set them up properly, then the 10k set is a good buy
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Might as well buy a new set from volkspares https://www.volkspares.co.za/shop/item/ ... -choke_240
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Agree with Tony. I have zero faith in EMPI, especially not as carbs.. when they leak, it's going to be game over, and they WILL leak.
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Re: Dual carbs for sale

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Live and learn as usual. Thanks for your input
I'll learn to steer away from the EMPI's.
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