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SUcarbs.com Review

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tntriumph59

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I just had my carbs rebuilt by SUcarbs.com, and I thought I would share my experience with the community. First off the communication was spotty. What was initially discussed as only requiring 2 to 3 weeks eventually took a little over 2 months. We had to have the front carb body replaced due to a broken thread for the choke. The body was replaced with another back body so there was no threaded hole for the vacuum advance (of course I did not figure this out until I already had both carbs on). I called the owner of SUcarbs.com to see if I was missing something, and get the thread size and pitch. He said he would look and get back to me which he never did. After some trial and error I finally got the hole threaded, and everything is up and running. The carbs do look good, but the over all transaction was not the best. I don't think I would use them again. Just my two cents.
 
tntriumph59 said:
After some trial and error I finally got the hole threaded,
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Did you also drill it through, so it opens into the carb bore at just the right spot?

Rear carbs don't have the threads or the hole.
 
Yes. I drilled it through, and it seems to be in the right location. The car idles and accelerates great, except that the slave cylinder is shot haha.
 
FWIW, SUCarbs did mine 2 years ago, and did a good job, no complaints. But it was 2 years ago....

Sorry to hear about your problems.
 
Just a reminder, folks: Basil has a policy about reviewing vendors that we really need to follow. If you have a comment about a vendor, please post it in the "Vendor and Product Reviews" section. And be sure to check out the guidelines.

Thanks!
Mickey
 
Mickey Richaud said:
Just a reminder, folks: Basil has a policy about reviewing vendors that we really need to follow. If you have a comment about a vendor, please post it in the "Vendor and Product Reviews" section. And be sure to check out the guidelines.

Thanks!
Mickey
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Thanks. Forgot about this. I have a review... but I'm saving it until a "settlement" is resolved. :wink:

I'll only indicate that I believe the company was owned by a guy named Chester out of Colorado but it changed hands in 2011.
 
Boink said:
I'll only indicate that I believe the company was owned by a guy named Chester out of Colorado but it changed hands in 2011.
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That might explain my post...
 
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