So I've bought a 40DCOE weber on a lynx single side draft manifold with plans to bolt it onto the 1600 engine I have. Now I was talking to a performance shop today and the manager was telling me that the 40DCOE weber is WAY too big for the 1600, and that a 32/36 downdraft carb on a GT manifold would be much better. He also said that the single sidedraft would be awful to drive in traffic, would have no bottem end, could catch on fire and power won't hit till 4000rpm!

So, I'm a bit disappointed hearing all this. Can anyone tell me "from experience" how the 40DCOE & lynx manifold runs on the xflow (assuming I had advanced timing with electronic ignition, bosch red coil and rotary fuel pump)

Thanks

i had a single 40 weber on one of my 1600. had a mild cam and a tiny bit of head work. it wasn't the best to drive in traffic but was manageable. i bought the car with it already on there so dunno if it had been tuned or anything.

Depends on the choke size. 30mm should make it pretty driveable.

The performance shop is right if your engine is standardish. But as avon says the 40dcoe can be tuned to suit. Then as you upgrade head , cam ,etc the 40 can be tuned to suit the increased req. giving more potential than the 32/36.