My New CS!

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Just wanted to share my new 2800cs. It just came to Chicago via Austin, Texas. I had Terry Sayther inspect it and he said it was one of the cleanest if not the cleanest coupes he has seen. That endorsement was good enough for me.

The prior owner did a full mechanical restoration and the body was redone at some point as well. Terry said he couldn't find any rust or evidence of rust.

Still breaking in the 3.5 conversion engine from an '88 535 which has only 30 miles on it. The dual Weber carbs are a bit temperamental but they say that won't last once I put a thousand or so miles on it.

Other improvements include the 3.0 disc brakes.

Here's a photo. Hope to post often!


 
This Was Its Predecessor - Gone But Not Forgotten

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RDSChicago said:
The dual Weber carbs are a bit temperamental but they say that won't last once I put a thousand or so miles on it.
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Who's "they" ? I'm puzzled as to the mechanism that will make unbalanced or improperly jetted Webers run better after a few thousand miles. Don't want to be a wet blanket, but I wouldn't hold out a lot of hope for that happening.
 
Question for jmackro about Carbs:

Jmackro,

I had a CSi in my past, so never had to deal with carburetors. Can you enlighten me about their reliability, or lack thereof?

Should I save up to do a fuel injection conversion at some point? If so, are there any good recommendations you guys (or gals) have as to the various options, costs, benefits, etc.?

Thanks.
 
nice 2800 and welcome.

carbs are easy if you tune them correctly. Done on a dyno with someone who knows what they're doing is worth every penny for the guru and rolling road tune-up session.
basically they are a set it & forget it system if everything is in good order.
The dyno will tell you everything about your motor.

Unless you tune for sea level and go over a 8500ft mountain pass daily....you'll never mess with them. you'll notice a power loss above 6000ft if tuned for sea level. Tune them for where you drive it 90% of the time.

enjoy it and drive it!
-shanon
 
Parts

The seller's agent in Texas sent up a bunch of parts in boxes plus the original engine on a dolly.

I haven't gone through them yet, but the goodies include all of the old chrome trim for windshields and doors, original Becker radio (he put an Alpine in at some point), even the used headliner, the old wood trim and many others which I will photograph, hopefully this weekend, and post.

Thanks for the good wishes.
 
Webers

I agree with Shannon that once set up - and a Dyno is the fastest way to get the maximum performance out of them - they run very well and are a set and forget system. I think what Jay is saying is that if there is a problem or bugs with how they run it won't miraculously fix itself after a 1000 miles or so. Just not going to happen.

What model of webers? Even the dyno won't cure the stumble with the 38/38 weber as they transition from idle jets to main around 2500rpm - you have to do some experimenting with different idle jets and settings until you find that perfect combination.

There's lots of info and advice to be found using the search function or just start describing the problem and asking questions.
 
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