quote:Originally posted by accobra:
So it states .......... THIS IS A SPECIAL TOOL (DRILL JIG) FOR IDA SERIES WEBER CARBURETORS FOUND AS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON PORSCHE AND FERRARI CARS.
But I have to say the Porches and Ferraris are horizontal mounted IDA's ?????
So maybe it applys to them.
R
Horizontally mounted ida's don't exist. You are thinking of DCOE's.
68-9 911's use 46 or 48IDA-3's. These share partswith the 48IDA's but are three throat castings and have other differences as well. Some VW based 4cy Porsches use 46 or 481da.
I don't know what Ferrari's use 48IDA. I haven't seen any.
The 365 GTB Daytonnas don't. Those look like IDF"s. My Italian Weber authority says the IDa's are strictly Porsche.
(He also refuses even to acknowledge the existance of such cars such as the Ford GT40 and the Shelby Cobra). I have to let that go. His friendly information is worth more then me being correct.
If the IDA's are on the Ferrari's they are certainly just race cars, not street cars.
"I interpret the above ebay quote to saying that the tool is intended for use on Weber Ida carbs.
There are Weber IDA carbs used on some Porsches, Ferrari's, etc."
It in no way states that this is a Weber factory tool or that you need this tool to make you Weber IDA's just like the ones used on the Porsches, Ferrari's, etc.
I also think that the wording of the ad is carefully worded to make you think that it is a factory tool. In other words, it is intentionally misleading the buyer.
The other possabilaty is that it is a factory tool and that it really works.
Knowing Weber, the carbs are supplied to the manufacturers as necessary, i.e., there are no modifications required or recommended from the way that theysupply them. There is "tuning" involved yes, but not "modifications".
Unfortunately on this auction Ron you need to find a lawyer highly experienced in tuning Weber IDA's to understand what the seller is saying or implying. But for $26 who's getting hurt?