Tim R
Silver Level Sponsor
We have just published a video on The Sunbeam Alpine Channel that covers Trevor Hibdige explaining how to fit Weber Twin 40 DCOE Carburettors to an Alpine and how to tune them specifically for YOUR driving needs.
Lots of people struggle to get Twin DCOEs really performing well. It is common to hear complaints of flat spots, poor idle and general problems, yet when they work correctly Twin DCOEs are arguably the pinnacle of performance carburettor development before most manufacturers switched to fuel injection. At every classic car race meet you will see numerous cars fitted with them.
Rootes did not fit DCOEs to an Alpine but they did fit them to various other cars with the 1725cc engine such as the Hunter GLS and the H120. Retro-fitting them to an Alpine is something that has been popular ever since the very first ‘Alpine Guide’ was published over 40 years ago but for various reasons fitting them to an Alpine can be problematic.
Trevor Hibdige has them on his own Alpine, he is an engineer, chemist and successful classic car racer. He is a big fan of Weber DCOE carburettors and knows them inside out. He machines and 3D prints rare and unavailable components for them and will help anyone who is trying to optimise the performance of DCOEs on their car. We thank him for sharing his extensive knowledge and expertise in this video.
This is an hour long video that as well as showing a full DCOE strip down, explains how your carburettors are working in day-to-day driving, it is edited down from several hours of conversation. To really appreciate it, don’t watch it until you have the time to sit down and give it your full attention. You won’t be disappointed.
Lots of people struggle to get Twin DCOEs really performing well. It is common to hear complaints of flat spots, poor idle and general problems, yet when they work correctly Twin DCOEs are arguably the pinnacle of performance carburettor development before most manufacturers switched to fuel injection. At every classic car race meet you will see numerous cars fitted with them.
Rootes did not fit DCOEs to an Alpine but they did fit them to various other cars with the 1725cc engine such as the Hunter GLS and the H120. Retro-fitting them to an Alpine is something that has been popular ever since the very first ‘Alpine Guide’ was published over 40 years ago but for various reasons fitting them to an Alpine can be problematic.
Trevor Hibdige has them on his own Alpine, he is an engineer, chemist and successful classic car racer. He is a big fan of Weber DCOE carburettors and knows them inside out. He machines and 3D prints rare and unavailable components for them and will help anyone who is trying to optimise the performance of DCOEs on their car. We thank him for sharing his extensive knowledge and expertise in this video.
This is an hour long video that as well as showing a full DCOE strip down, explains how your carburettors are working in day-to-day driving, it is edited down from several hours of conversation. To really appreciate it, don’t watch it until you have the time to sit down and give it your full attention. You won’t be disappointed.
