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Re: TWM carbs

To: Mike Kerr <mikekerr@innercite.com>
Subject: Re: TWM carbs
From: Marc Sayer <msayer1@concentric.net>
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 18:44:50 -0700
Mike Kerr wrote:
> 
> ya have the carbs , they are close to the web carb and use the same jets. I
> had bought them for a turbo setup , but  the customer never came up with the
> rest of the money to complete the project.
> 
> TWM makes fuel injection throttle bodes . but don't have any info on how
> well they work
> 
> the Solex from the factory are the easiest , they where built just for the
> roadster and are internally different from the after market selects. just
> bolt them on and they work, as for Weber or any other you will have to tune
> them.
> 
> I have two  factory  Solex sets left $1500.00 , you get everything but the
> A/C and the cam
> 
> I have 5 or 6 Solex cams in good used shape  175.00
> 
> one Solex A/C 150.00
> 
> 5 manifolds $400.00 complete with insulators
> 
> 1 pair of twm carbs
> 
> Mike Kerr
> Roadster Restoration
> 3730 Todrob LN.
> Placerville CA. 95667
> Ph.# 530-644-6777
> Fax# 530-644-7252
> E-mail: mikekerr@innercite.com
> Web page :  http://www.innercite.com/~wolfgang
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Poorboy <bitterrootprop@nidlink.com>
> To: mikekerr@innercite.com <mikekerr@innercite.com>;
> datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> Date: Friday, July 09, 1999 1:32 PM
> Subject: TWM carbs
> 
> >Mike,
> >Listed in your web page are a pair of TWM carbs.
> >How do they compare to solex and or webers?and are they still available
> >I've been told there is a new fuel injection/electronic ignition set up
> >that can use TWM's. Do they make a throttle body also?
> >
> >Just I was writing this the reply on webers to solexes came through.
> >Mike,
> > 2-69 2000's
> >Hayden Lake, ID
> >

Mike are these the SK carbs that TWM used to sell? If so those were
great carbs. As good or better than the Mikuni's as far as I was
concerned, and much better than the Webers.
-- 
Marc Sayer
Editor/Publisher
Z Car & Classic Datsun Magazine
http://zcarmag.com
Voice 541-726-6001
Fax 541-746-0863/726-6001

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