I did mention briefly on another post that I had a spare Dellorto FZD 32/28 carburettor. This was last fitted on a tuned Fiat 126 engine and has not been used since the mid 1980's. A rare item & no doubt about its Italian heritage so not a repro from a far off land. Will require an inlet manifold but I am including a brand new inlet trumpet. Will sell for £225 and buyer to pay shipping to any destination.

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That is a very fair price David. A manifold costs about £85, so for just over £300 the buyer will have possibly the most sensible carb 'up-rate' for the 500/126 engine. In my (humble) opinion the DCOE Weber is far to big a lump to bung on the side of the 500/126 engine, and if you don't want it to keep breaking manifolds and the rubber connectors, you have to fit a support. If you MUST have a twin-choke side-draught carb, the Dellorto or Solex 35s are a much better (and lighter) bet. The FZD is easily re-jetted, most of the required jets still being available.

I will buy it! Sending PM now.

Happy holidays Tom! Glad I saw your reply to the Dellorto post. If you say it is GTG for my engine, I am gonna get it. This Weber 40 DCOE is not adjusting well to high altitude and I would prefer not having the poorly made bracket I have to hold it up covering up my nice engine cover I made.

I fitted an FZD to my rebuilt engine and I'm very happy with it.

I've also heard that an SU can be used on the same manifold.


... and yeah, I agree about the DCOE - way too heavy and too large.

Merry Xmas to all,
Chris

Yes, you are correct, the HS2 SU carb fits the same manifold as the FZD Dellorto, or, to be more accurate, the FZD fits the same manifold as the HS2. A fair number of minis and mini-coopers had their SU carbs removed and replaced by FZDs. The angle of fitment and flange measurements of the 2 carbs are exactly the same. Being that the FZD has an accelerator pump, and is generally speaking a better carb for performance engines, it was a good and easy replacement. I am eventually going to build up a '595'engine (because, for no other good reason than that is the capacity of my spare engine) and fit it to a test bed, purely to try out a variety of carbs, including the SU and bike carbs (Keihin and Mikuni).