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If you can't find the answers, contact us directly. We are happy to help. Just the facts: price list for restoration of carbs, fuel pumps, and distribtors |
| Four cylinder engined Porsches were known in their day for excellent gas mileage while giving high performance. When the engines are well tuned and all parts are in good working order, they can still deliver 30+mpg during spirited highway driving. For the most smiles per mile, let your car perform at its full potential. Use the links below to find the answers to your questions easily and quickly. or contact us directly to find out how we make your car run better Doing it yourself? We sell rebuild kits. We have the Walker kits for Zenith and the early Solex 32PBIC/PICB/PBJ. They're expensive, but we find them better than the Royze kits. For Solex, we order our parts from a European source and make up our own. Some parts also available. please call to find out if we have what you need. Parts diagrams here. Because it is such an important part of your car's performance, we always ask our customer's to check their distributor's function. If you need help with your distributors, contact John Jenkins at 619.224.3566 or by e-mail at jenkins356@sbcglobal.net As part of our effort to help your car run better, we now offer fuel pump rebuild/restoration: Pierburg and Autopulse. pricing and service information on this page. |
Solex carburetors - rebored to
44MM, with velocity stacks and
era correct gold coloring.
44MM, with velocity stacks and
era correct gold coloring.
Home -
About Us - the people who are carburtor rescue
Contact us - How to reach Carburetor Rescue for quotes, questions, etc.
Carburetor specs - what are the proper carburetors for you car?
Carburetor Balancing and Engine Tuning - Copy of an article by Jack Staggs
from the Porsche 356 club magazine, spring 2010. shared with permission
Parts diagrams - Zenith & Solex (dual and single barrel carbs) - what and how
to put together your carburetors, use these part numbers to order parts.
Distributors - specs, pricing, details of service
Services - what other services do we offer?
Cores - what we mean by cores
Altitude - instructions for tuning your carbs at altitude
NEW 32 PBIC/PBJ Emulsion tube holder - a must have if yours is broken!
Injector Measurement Vials - a replacement for the nearly impossible to find
original glass tool.
Feedback - some of the comments we've received from our customers.
Warranty information - our promise to you
Notes - miscellaneous comments on rebuild kits, restored parts within the
carburetor, etc.
Trouble shooting - why are you having engine performance problems?
Zenith
Installation - how to get your car running with your newly restored carburetors.
Workshop manual - pages from the 356 Workshop manual about Zenith
carburetors and the fuel system
Zenith pricing - pricing of our services
Zenith specs for use on VW engines.
Float level - setting your zenith float level without a guage
Engine Test Stand - our newest way of making sure your carburetors meet your
needs and expectations.
parts diagrams - use this diagram for ordering parts or seeing how it all goes
together.
Solex
Conversions - unique to Carburetor Rescue
Installation - how to get your car running with your newly restored carburetors.
This includes a link to an excerpt from Duane Spencers 356 Performance Guide
parts diagrams - Solex single and dual barrel. Please note we only use the
solid shaft solex diagram numbers for parts orders. Use the split shaft
diagram only for those parts unique to that carburetor.
Throttle Body - how to set up the hardware, shim the shafts, and set the
Butterflies on your throttle body service. Check this out if you are thinking
about doing your own carburetor set up!
Workshop manual - pages from the 356 Workshop manual about Solex
carburetors and the fuel system
Solex Pricing - pricing of our services, and some parts. See note regarding
charges for replacing jets and injectors.
| Early single barrel solex carbs |
| Zenith 32 NDIX w/manifolds Manifolds for Normal and Super usually available. C manifolds are slightly different |
| Solex 40PII-4 carburetor for SC or early 912. The Super 90 will have a different top. The tall Sandcast carrera carb is very similar in appearance |
| A pair of "short" sandcast 40PII for Carrera carbs. Some of the old Alfas use this same carb body |