Comparing Weber kits and suppliers ...advice sought
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Comparing Weber kits and suppliers ...advice sought
I've been researching Weber kits on-line and would like the benefit of the experience you all have had.
XK's kit is $3500 .... way more than anyone else, but maybe better made and better jetted?
SNG Barrett kit is $2749, but the linkage seems to have cheap-looking stampings.
Terry's Jag Parts is $2495 and the linkage has heim joints and looks more substantial.
What experience have you guys had with these kits? My engine is a bone-stock 1974 XJ6 in a Panther J72 (so I have plenty of room under the hood). Do some come with optimum jetting right out of the box and others you need to fiddle with?
A few hundred dollars either way is not an important factor if the kit works well.
I'll be using a Pertronix mechanical distributor. Haven't ordered the fuel pump yet. Any recommendations there?
The SU kits are so expensive they are out of the picture, but Paltech makes a triple Zenith kit which might be an alternative if the feedback from you guys is that the Webers are more trouble than they are worth. The car came with a pair of Zeniths with the mickey-mouse secondary throttles which I have removed and sleeved the bores.
Ken
XK's kit is $3500 .... way more than anyone else, but maybe better made and better jetted?
SNG Barrett kit is $2749, but the linkage seems to have cheap-looking stampings.
Terry's Jag Parts is $2495 and the linkage has heim joints and looks more substantial.
What experience have you guys had with these kits? My engine is a bone-stock 1974 XJ6 in a Panther J72 (so I have plenty of room under the hood). Do some come with optimum jetting right out of the box and others you need to fiddle with?
A few hundred dollars either way is not an important factor if the kit works well.
I'll be using a Pertronix mechanical distributor. Haven't ordered the fuel pump yet. Any recommendations there?
The SU kits are so expensive they are out of the picture, but Paltech makes a triple Zenith kit which might be an alternative if the feedback from you guys is that the Webers are more trouble than they are worth. The car came with a pair of Zeniths with the mickey-mouse secondary throttles which I have removed and sleeved the bores.
Ken
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