weber 32/36@18r/c

**dundee230966** · 12-02-2007, 12:21 AM

I am having all sorts of fun putting a weber 32/36 onto my 18rc. Can anyone tell me if I leave the heat shield/spacer on there or do I take it off being as I have the adapter plate to go on. it is the same thickness as the heat shield/spacer so i dont know if to leave them both on or not. Cheers.

**MWP** · 12-02-2007, 01:00 AM

Leave it on.
Without it the carb will get too hot.

**Lachie** · 12-02-2007, 11:31 AM

From memory by 32/36 18r/c didn't have a heat shield. I'll try and dig out some old pics for ya if I've till got em

**Screamn_Sleeka** · 12-02-2007, 12:08 PM

My 18R-C did have the heat shield, i use it to make an adapter plate for the 32/36, so i kept it and put it to good use.

**o_man_ra23** · 12-02-2007, 02:51 PM

Leave it there. If anything you should try and reduce its thickness... but the heat that it stops is well worth having it there. I left mine on when I did the 32/26 weber swap, and didnt have problems... lil bro has a weber on his 18RC and it has the heat sheild too... so no probs again. Both of them had the redline manifold adaptor plate.

Cheers, Owen

**dundee230966** · 13-02-2007, 06:17 PM

Thanks guys, well I got the little sucker on ok and got the old donk running ok at idle. After 4k it just says no way hozay. Now I am screwed big time, looks like I will have to get some special guy to pull it apart for me to see what the go is, or lack of it. Thankyou for ya time gents.

**o_man_ra23** · 13-02-2007, 06:54 PM

are the secondaries opening??

Cheers, Owen

**dundee230966** · 13-02-2007, 09:34 PM

yeah mate they sure are. I went through some old posts here on the 18rc 32/36 and have found out a lot about the jetting of them. mine is 140 primary 135 secondary and the air mix jets are 165 primary and 180 secondary. Going by what I have read here i need biger main secondary and smaller air mix jets. It dont matter what gear I am in if I hold the throttle still the car surges and backs off all the bloody time. The only way to stop it is to floor it . At present time the car has no more grunt that the factory carb. So it looks to me I will be playing with the jetting to some degree. Cheers bro.