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Hitachi carb rebuild, what else should I do?


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I am going to purchase the carb rebuild kit from rockauto.com.  It is made by Standard Motor Products.  

While I have the carburetor out for a rebuild, what else should I do?

 

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Throw it as far from the car as you can and replace it with a Weber. 

I spent a LONG time learning to rebuild the Hitachi's and make them run right. Was a complete waste of effort. For the $300 price of the Weber kit - you can't beat the reliability and performance. It's not even worth looking at a Hitachi. 

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what i did with my old webber setup was cut a peice of sheet metal into the oval shape the factory  air cleaner has and welded on a couple bolts where the top screws on, gave it a nice stock ish look and  i kept the oem filter

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On 1/31/2021 at 11:01 PM, GeneralDisorder said:

Throw it as far from the car as you can and replace it with a Weber. 

I spent a LONG time learning to rebuild the Hitachi's and make them run right. Was a complete waste of effort. For the $300 price of the Weber kit - you can't beat the reliability and performance. It's not even worth looking at a Hitachi. 

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I Totally Agree.

in case you need a guide for retrofitting the Weber on your Subie, ~► here is one for the EA82

is pretty similar to the EA81 engine, being the adaptor plate the main difference.

Kind Regards.

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