| Cores: definition and evaluation the prices quoted through this web site, reflect the cost of a basic restoration only, whether we are talking about carburetors, distributors or fuel pumps. This is not the price to buy the device, but restoration, including a certain number of parts and a certain amount of labor and service. Core charge for Solex 40PII-4 is $750 a pair single barrel carbs will vary Originals of these devices are no longer being produced, so we rely on the cores for the parts to either restore client carbs, or to replace "swapped" cores. If cores are not supplied, we have to buy those carburetors for the restoration. Free enterprise allows you to sell your cores on the open market for the highest price, even if higher than our core charge BUT, when you do so, you make it that much harder for the next person to get a set of carburetors! There are certain pieces that we are either having made, or make in house, like shafts, pump links, pump rods, aluminum washers, springs, certain nuts, etc.. Everything else has to come from the core carburetors, sometimes requiring repair, like worn throttle levers or thread repair on bodies. We of course purchase kit parts and needle valves. And that is why we ask for "like for like" cores. Your cores let us make a set of carbs for someone else. We reserve the right to refuse a set of cores for restoration or for trade in depending on their condition - we've seen some awful carburetors that have been burnt to a crisp that the client swore were "complete". When we evaluate your carburetors; whether for restoration of your carbs, or as core exchange, we look at all aspects of the carburetor. In what condition are your throttle levers. Are all the lockwashers there. Are all the top screws correct - do some have to be supplied, replaced, and do we need to do thread repair on the body so it will hold the replacement correct screw. Are the emulsion tubes there. What condition are the jets and what sizes are they. any plugs missing or loose. what is the condition of the top, has the air filter worn through. what about the fuel inlet threads. what is the overall condition of the casting itself. There are over 200 individual pieces with each set of carburetors and they all have to be evaluated. It may seem like we're nit-picking, but when you get your carbs back they will be complete. And if we have had to supply lock washers, do body repairs, re-place incorrect jets, repair a damaged pump link, all this takes time, and the parts have to be supplied from somewhere! Our price is based on the cost for restoration and does not include the basic core carburetors and its assorted hardware / parts. What is included in your restoration is the complete disassembly of your carburetors, along with this evaluation. As much as it is done to give you quote for the work, it is so we know what parts we need to supply, what repairs we need to make. The carburetors and all the related hardware are cleaned. Brass is cleaned chemically. Steel hardware is media blasted to remove rust, dirt, and old plating and will be sent out for replating. Pot metal is cleaned chemically as well as media blasted to remove stains. All the interior channels are cleared. Top and bottom mating surfaces are flattened. screw heads and jets are ground to remove screw driver splinters, threads are chased, jets are sized to be sure all the openings are evenly matched, on Solex we add new throttle bushings, rebore throats, cut new butterflies (assembled with new pump cam, and new shafts), and all is installed and assembled with new kits. then injection, float levels are set, and air flow is synchronized. With the split shaft conversion we are also including the new bushings, shaft, pump cam and spring, pump rod, springs, nuts. On zenith, we replace shafts if necessary. We have had new shafts custom made for Zenith restoration work. THEY ARE NOT CHEAP! Made from Stainless Steel rather than the original chrome plated brass, they will not wear or bend like the original shafts would. But at $85 each, they add substantially to the cost of a restoration, so we only replace where and when necessary. New butterflies are cut and installed. the carbs are assembled with new kits and set up is done on our running test engine. This can take a day or a week dependent on getting matched pumps, and other factors. Core charge for Zenith 32NDIX is $600 a pair Special note regarding Zenith 32 NDIX Super and C carburetors: Due to a limited availability of original Super and C carburetors and their parts, any purchases of these carbs without a like for like core exchange will receive proper jetting and venturis in a P03 (Normal) body. This includes: re-machined and marked venturis (24 to 28mm), main jets converted and marked from 115 to 130 idle jets appropriately converted and marked main air correction jets from 230 to 220 or 210 as is appropriate idle air bleed (air correction) jets 120 to 140 pump jets from 50's to 40's When Normal carburetors are supplied as cores, there is a charge for the extra labor to adapt the normal jets and venturis to Super and C specs If no cores are received, PO3 bodies with appropriate set up will be supplied, and the core charge will apply If P02 (Super) or P01.9 (C's) carburetors are received in core exchange, appropriate P02 or P01.9 bodied carburetors will be supplied. As always, please call us with any questions or concerns Thank you for letting 356 Carburetor Rescue help you make your car run better! |