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I used the manual choke 32 36. It worked like a charm. It is a 86 gl wagon, 5spd dr. It went better than I thought it would. Alot of guys buy used or rebuilt carbs, and have problems fabbing up parts and pieces. With the kit all I had to do was add another gasket so I could use the plastic spacer from the old carb. The reason I used the spacer is because the bolts in the kit are a little too long. Other than that, at least on my car everything went well.

Good luck

Mike,

I see that you put a Weber on your car. What year is your subaru? Did you use a DGAV progressive? I am converting my SPFI engine to a Weber as its going into an 86 AWD. Thanks. TT

Thanks GD! Another question that I have, if you will, is what about the vaccum lines on the carb manifold? There seems to be an abundance of them! Since it has an automatic tranny, it obviously needs that connected as with the SPFI was. Do I need any other lines specifically other than the line for the vaccum on the distributor? On the vintage VW engines, I just change over to a centrifigal advance distributor, which is much nicer. Unfortunately, dont have that option here. There are several also to the canister for "fugitive" gas fumes, which is a good idea to follow through on. Like you mentioned, I had "scrapped" the ASV stuff. Oh, one more thing, is it true that since the engine was set up for SPFI, that converting it to the Weber, that it will suffer because of the camshafts being designed for the SPFI? I have two low mileage (comparitively) carb camshafts, that could be swapped with this engine to alleviate any loss on this aspect if that helps. Thanks again. TT

You shouldn't have to do anything with the EGR system - the carb manifold will bolt right on and the EGR tube will screw into the passenger side head the same as the SPFI manifold. You can then hookup (or not if you prefer) the EGR vacuum line to the front of the Weber carb. You will want to use the EGR valve from the SPFI manifold as it does not have the AAV port on the top. Just bolt the SPFI EGR valve on and go.

If you are refering to the ASV system (air suction valves for the cat's on carbed models), then I could see your concern - that system is entirely eliminated with the SPFI long block as the heads do not have the ports for the ASV pipes drilled. You can just toss that stuff in the trash as it is not used at all with a Weber.

GD

Hello GD. I am new to the Subaru enviro, spent most of my life working on vintage aircooled VWs so have a question that I was hoping you could help with. I have an 86 AWD GL sedan that I am putting an engine in. I bought it for 50.00 and it had a Weber 32/36 DGAV on it. I have an SPFI engine that I want to put in it, but dont want to worry about the wire conversion, just want to put the carb and manifold on. EA82 of course. SOO, my question is how much of the EGR hoopla can I remove and keep things sane? This I am referring to, is on the carb manifold. If I had the time, I would do the SPFI, but this I am short on. Your advice, would be appreciated. Thanks.