[RenaissanceMan]

Although my car is running well, I'd love to have a great reference for maintenance/tuning of my sidedraft Webers if I need it. What manuals are the best out there?

 

[alfaparticle]

Look in the book reviews forum

 

[Scalino1300]

I’ve used the Haynes manual when rebuilding Weber. I found it very documented step by step and can definitely recommend it.

 

[Andrew]

Pat Braden wrote a good one.
Andrew

 

[bellagt]

Weber Tuning Manual

I stumbled upon this today: http://www.lainefamily.com/images/WeberTuningManual.pdf It is the same manual that was sold by Pierce Manifolds and it is the only published source of information on late style "emissions" Webers that I know of.

www.alfabb.com

 

[alfaparticle]

The link in the above post is in the book review forum in post #2.

IMO the best books for getting a good understanding of Webers are the two by John Passini but they are long out of print and Passini has a strange writing style.

There is a lot of information in several threads on here that are easy to search for. Here is a good one:

Weber tuning with Lambda sensor

Hi BB, I am running a pair of Italian 45DCOE9's on my hot little 2L and to aid in tuning I recently purchased an AEM "UEGO" lambda sensor setup which consists of a Air/Fuel ratio gauge with digital readout, a calibrated Oxygen sensor, and all the mounts/wiring/etc needed to hook it up. I had...

www.alfabb.com

 

[180OUT]

IMO the best books for getting a good understanding of Webers are the two by John Passini but they are long out of print and Passini has a strange writing style.

I agree that the Passini books (later published as a single edition) are a challenging read. I think his stream-of-consciousness style was just that: he probably recorded his thoughts and then had them transcribed. As I puzzled over his "writing" I decided that learning to decipher Passini was a rite-of-passage---there really is a wealth of Weber specific information there. I put the Passini book up there with David Vizzard's "The Theory And Practice Of Cylinder Head Modification" which, alas, is also long out of print. A local library may be able to obtain the Passini book on inter-library-load.

 

[genericwood]

Jim, Vizzard’s book is on Amazon for $78.

 

[argtv4rlo]

Keith Frank's Sidedraft Central on google.

 

[alfaparticle]

I think his stream-of-consciousness style was just that: he probably recorded his thoughts and then had them transcribed.

With a sprinkling of sarcasm.

 

[180OUT]

With a sprinkling of sarcasm.

The result of hours and hours pouring over his rambling text until in a blinding flash of transcendent epiphany I'm damned if the guy didn't start making sense! I have to say, I've never been quite the same ever since . . .

 

[180OUT]

Repeated quote. Text removed. Is there a delete function I don't know about?

 

[alfaparticle]

Do you think that I will understand Finnegan's Wake if I give it another try?

 

[Alfamale 62]

Four stroke performance tuning by Graham Bell has a good fundamental description of what jet does what and how to size Venturi for engine size and Weber carburetors by Haynes has all the rebuild instructions and diagrams

 

[RenaissanceMan]

Really awesome information, folks, thanks so much!

 

[Spdrcrj]

Des Hammill
How To Build & Power Tune Weber & Dellorto DCOE, DCO/SP & DHLA Carburettors 3rd Edition (SpeedPro Series)

^ I just bought this book. Didn’t know there was a book reference section to the forum.