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Fairly new to this, but have found it fascinating and useful to read what some of you guys have to say. I'm restoring a Sprint and have a couple of options engine wise - one of which is use the 45s I have. Interested to hear what's the general feeling on Webers on these engines?

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I have Weber 45' son my Sprint and if you have some laying around I'd certainly use them.<br>
However they will only give some real extra grunt in combination with a fast road camshaft.<br>
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Love the sound though.<br>
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manifold expensive if you have to buy new, but YES YES YES!!! stick them on!<br>
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Get them on along with an STR91 cam and you should see around 25 extra horses.<br>
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Its way more than that with an STR91.<br>
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Weber Carbs & sports exhaust alone will push a standard Sprint engine from 127 to 145 ish BHP<br>
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Stick in a genuine STR91 and some mild porting and its 170-180BHP no problem. easy 40-50BHP increase and a car capable of 7 secs to 60 if you drive it right (i.e. bloody hard!).<br>
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Go for it - Just don't complain at the next fuel crisis.....

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Featherweight 1974 Dolomite Sprint - Soon to be XE'd, NOS'd, Megasquirted and 5 linked Lash up to scare myself (and my wallet) senseless<br>
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2004 Smart Roadster (company car!!) - 698cc of turbo'd adrenaline fuelled rollerskate - destined to classic status thanks to Daimler Chrysler bean counters.<br>
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1997 Audi A4 2.6 to chill out after the above and fill with baby products.....<br>
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Sensibly driven, the Webers aren't silly on fuel.When I was using mine as an everyday car on 45's, I was getting high 20's mpg.<br>
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You are of course correct Graeme, the bhp gains are greater with the 91 and 45's. Don't know why I said 25!<br>
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