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I dont know about you, but if you have a 1.3 with a pierburg 2e3 carb do you suffer with cutting out and dodgy running.
Well ive done my research and have found away to solve these problems. Aparrently there is a direct replacement weber carb [32/34 DTML] that fits on the original manifold and can boost performance up to 6bhp. I own a 1.3 polo fitted with a full ashley comp exhaust system and bolt on k&n and really want to fit the carb. Aparrently you can get them from euro and french and swedish car parts or get one of a 1.3 sr nova.
PLEASE PLEASE, PLEASE! if you have any knowledge or have fitted/ interested in fitting one- please tell me more as I am a bit nervous as the only possitive feedback I have had from people who have carried out the conversion is from golf drivers.

Cheers

PS] POLOKRIS, seen the pics and the car looks MINT.

As a general rule, if it works with a 1.3 golf it'll work with a 1.3 polo, as they're essentially the same engines. Speaking as someone who's having hellish problems with carbs at the moment (see my many threads on the subject...), my advice would be either buy it new or buy it off someone who can confirm that it works perfectly (hard to tell if there's something wrong with it until you fit it, and it can have a *huge* effect on performance if it's not working perfectly), and get a mechanic to fit/tune it.. they're very complicated and a lot of hassle if something's not quite right. Even my mechanic can't figure out what's wrong with mine.. brand new, set up professionally but randomly breaks down However, if you're luckier than me, it sounds pretty worthwhile, if you can get one for a decent price
Good luck with it!

hey whats up sa its nick, get some pics up of your car!

GroovyCarrot wrote:As a general rule, if it works with a 1.3 golf it'll work with a 1.3 polo, as they're essentially the same engines. Speaking as someone who's having hellish problems with carbs at the moment (see my many threads on the subject...), my advice would be either buy it new or buy it off someone who can confirm that it works perfectly (hard to tell if there's something wrong with it until you fit it, and it can have a *huge* effect on performance if it's not working perfectly), and get a mechanic to fit/tune it.. they're very complicated and a lot of hassle if something's not quite right. Even my mechanic can't figure out what's wrong with mine.. brand new, set up professionally but randomly breaks down However, if you're luckier than me, it sounds pretty worthwhile, if you can get one for a decent price
Good luck with it!

Cheers mate I am gona get the carb, Ill let you know how successfull the conversion was once it has been completed.

IMHO the pierburg 2E3 is a great carb when it works as it should .you're biggest problem will be the bolt on filter in this weather I had loads of hassle with mine til I took the bolt-on off it

Don't expect to find millions of 32/34 carbs in Novas. They're added onto SRs as a means of tuning, they're not standard equipment. That said, the SR had the 2E3 as well. Expect to find them on Fiats though

The Nova boys are hot on 32/34s and use them on SRs, 1.2s, etc.

They have their prices in certain circles. My mate had to pay £70 for a good one.

Do it mate
I had loads of bother with my Mk2 cutting out all the time, tried everything to cure it and never did until i fitted a Weber 32DMTR which came off a 1.3 Golf.
I also had to fit a manual choke cable which is no bother as the hole for the cable is already there in the dashboard for the cable.
The only thing that was different, with the Weber coming off a Golf the linkages for the throttle and the choke were on the opposite side of the carb, but i had another 32DMTR which came off another Polo (which was believed to be a 1.0L so it was jetted wrong for the 1.3) so i swapped the linkages over off that one.
And now it performs faultlessly (touch wood)
I use my Polo for competing in 12 car road rallies and on the last outing, it went like a dream, never missed a beat all night.
Where as before i fitted the Weber, it was for ever cutting out, especially when we were competing.
I got mine off ebay for the bargain price of 15.00 inc delivery.
Which for that price it was worth it just to see if it cured the problem. which it did.
The only fault i have with it at the moment is that it now has a whistle with it when the throttle is bearly open, which makes a sound like squealing brakes when going through town or setting off from junctions,its even louder now that i have put the K&N back on, but its a small price to pay for a car that now performs when i want it to.
Anyway Good Luck, hope you get yours sorted.

Ian

i have done this to my run around polo coupe S, it does make a big difference.
you get better response and the acceleration is wicked.
i believe you get more top speed out of it too, as i have had the car off the clock too many times now as it so easy. even with trying. oops!

all i have is the carb and a homemade straight thru pipe on a MH engine.

SO GO FOR IT BUD

Mine has a Magnex stainless steel back box off a Saxo i think it was, with a straight through pipe to it. And a K&N filter, and thats it but it goes like stink now with the Weber on, don't know about fuel economy, i haven't really been anywhere since it was fitted other than one road rally and it didn't do to bad on fuel that night. So fingers crossed it won't be too bad.
The back box off the Saxo wasn't a straight fit by the way, it took quite a lot of cutting and shutting and changing of mountings etc, but when i got it for nowt, i was determined to make it fit

Thank you everyone for the advice, I am definately going ahead with the change. However which weber do i go for and how many butterfly[ventury] does it have because ive noticed that the pierburg has two, but some webers on 1ltrs have only one-which is best?

The more the merrier - 1 litres have a single venturi because any more air flow would pretty much be wasted on them, unfortunately.. but the more air it's possible to draw into an engine the more efficient it's going to be, such is the idea behind twin weber 40's etc - one carb for every two cylinders instead of one for every four. Twin choke carbs aren't quite as effective as actually having two carbs, but it's the same principle - it's a good thing