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I got a 32/36 Webber and intake years ago that came off a 1.7 914. I'm planning on using this set up on my 412 when I get the engine back together. (Hopefully in a week or so) I'm wondering if anyone knows where to get the rubber intake boots that join the intake tubes to the spider. I don't have the originals to look at, so I'm not exactly sure what to get. Or where..

Thanks

Use the boots off of a 1600 dual port.

Be careful with that thing. The center two barrels are very difficult to getrunning correctly. Not really optimum. Ray

raygreenwood wrote:Be careful with that thing. The center two barrels are very difficult to getrunning correctly. Not really optimum. Ray

I picked it up a few years back. I knew a few guys running them on their 914's so I figured it would work fine. After searching the Internet today I came to the same conclusion as you. I'm going to try to find a dual carb set up in the near future. Any recommendations?

By the way, I got the Vanagon Clutch master rebuild kit. Exactly what I needed. Thanks for the help, I would have never figured that one out.

-Dan

Driving 411's and 412's...are the mother of invention!. There are days when I feel like every car was a one-off...and they never made any spare parts at all. But we are getting there.

The center two barrel is NOT really a poor configuration. Its just that the vacuum circuit on almost every two barrel design that fits were made for long stroke, short intake length engines 2.3L and over.... with heated manifolds. Usually with heroic efforts you get a great running highway car with rich as hell low end and no power...or very nice fuel mix down low and dangerously lean and no power in the top end.

With decent jetting, good ignition work and a ceramic manifold heater you can safely cruise around with not great gas milage while you look for what you want in carbs. Ray