Manx Club

Hello All,
I plan on attending the Big Bear Bash this year in my little buggy, will I have any trouble at that altitude with the motor?

Thanks,

Rick

Tell us what you have for an engine and what kind of carburation you have. And at what elevation are you at now?

Hello All,
I know it has a 1600 tp with a 009 Distributor, looks like a stock carburetor and was jetted for valley center Ca. altitude (Maybe 2500 feet in elevation)

It is Nate's old Glitterbug from Turnkey Manx

Thanks,

Rick

Should run fine at Big Bear if it not running overly rich now where you live.

I agree that you should be fine at Big Bear. I am planning on going higher at Ouray/Silverton later this year and got this info from the guys on the RBC site.

The lake itself is around 6800' altitude. At that altitude, our 1776 with a single Weber 40 runs like a dog (no power, and lots of hesitation). I re-jet our carb for 7000' and then it runs much smoother, though it still lacks the power it has at sea level. Re-jetting this way allows me to run down the mountain to 4000' or up to the summit over 9000' without a problem. Some people just advance the timing a bit to adjust for the higher altitude, but you would have to ask them about that.

Here's a link to some Weber carb tips (sorry, I don't have anything for a stock Solex.).

http://www.racetep.com/webtechpage.html

Hello All,

I took up to our cabin in Big Bear for the first time this Weekend, also my first out in the buggy, it runs way too rich, In fact my wife said to take her home because it smelled so badly of gas.
I checked the carb, it is a BOCar, 34PICT-3, if that helps at all.

How hard are the jets to replace and what would you recommend as far as jets? I will keep it up there in the summer and at 1300 feet in the summer so I guess I will have to go back and forth with the jets.
Any VW shops in the Big Bear area that you know of?

Thanks all,

Rick

Thanks Maniac for all your help!
Do I need to change any other jets, pilot, idle or anything else? I have a pointless distributor that I know works real well.
Would you recommend a carb change?
I am sorry I am very new to the buggy thing.

Thanks again for all your help

Rick

Hello All,

Sorry I forgot to ask, will most auto stores sell these jets?

Thanks,

Rick

Sorry, back again,

Are these Bocar carbs called Weber's also?

Thanks,

Rick

On the ECVW 2014 trip all the buggies had carbs and we went to the top of Mt. Evans & Pikes Peak (both over 14,000') with no problems. We were told to advance the timming @ 4-5 degrees for a little extra power. We must have gotten lucky with the jet selection. Tom Iacoboni

I jetted down when we were in Denver on the ECVW14. We all went 5 deg more advance also and it worked well. Made it up and down all the mountains with little problems.

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They are not the same carb. The closest to a Weber would be an Empi HPMX, but both are different than any type of stock Solex.