danfiveten Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 Anyone deal with them. Seen great and bad reviews. Only 200 for rebuilt hitachi with lifetime warranty. Shops around want 400 to rebuild. Thinking of trying them out I guess if doesn't work could always return. But anyone ever gotten anything from them? Quote Link to comment
Komeuppance Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 This thread has one user who reports success: http://community.ratsun.net/topic/26910-hitachi-carb/ -Robert Quote Link to comment
OneFastRat Posted January 20, 2014 Report Share Posted January 20, 2014 Go with Empi carbs Quote Link to comment
Ratwagon1600 Posted January 20, 2014 Report Share Posted January 20, 2014 Go with Empi carbs Says the guy that doesnt, nor has ever owned a Datsun! 1 Quote Link to comment
Jesse C. Posted January 20, 2014 Report Share Posted January 20, 2014 Wow, really? Empi? :confused: Quote Link to comment
ggzilla Posted January 20, 2014 Report Share Posted January 20, 2014 Chinese Webers Quote Link to comment
danfiveten Posted January 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2014 Well im buying one from nat carbs tomorrow, will let you guys know how it goes. Quote Link to comment
OneFastRat Posted January 20, 2014 Report Share Posted January 20, 2014 Wow, really? Empi? :confused: Not the new Empi. The old ORIGINAL Empi from the 60s. They make high quality carbs Quote Link to comment
ggzilla Posted January 20, 2014 Report Share Posted January 20, 2014 So you recommend an OLD Carb instead of a remanufactured carb? Quote Link to comment
danfiveten Posted January 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2014 So i ordered just a few mins ago, literally the fastest ordering process ive ever done. I gave him the part number, he confirmed it, made sure they had cores in their system, took my payment info and shipping and that was it. Fast and simple, so at least they got their shit together on that front. Quote Link to comment
GRpufnstuf Posted January 20, 2014 Report Share Posted January 20, 2014 $400 to rebuild?! That had better be new bushings and linkage and gaskets made of gold. Oh, oh, oh... Are they casting a new body for the carb? I'm guessing this is for the "preserved 510" in your car list? Or is there a different reason you're not going with a Weber? Quote Link to comment
danfiveten Posted January 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2014 You got it. The place i ordered from seems to have a pretty thorough go through process. In order to provide you the highest quality remanufactured carburetors in the industry, each carburetor is individually built by our certified technicians using a master rebuilding kit. All other components are cleaned, tested or rebuilt to meet O.E.M Specifications. The base plates are rebushed to remove excess wear from around the throttle shaft to stop certain vacuum leaks. All bolts and linkage parts are plated. As well as casings are tumbled to chrome like finish. Or by special request, Dichromate finish can be applied. We recalibrated the carburetors for today's gas and remove the inherent problems like hesitations, flat-spots and hard hot starting. Every carburetor goes through a 3 step testing process, first a float bench and pump test, second a dyno flow bench test, and then a live engine test. All the adjustments are set for a bolt on and go carburetor. 1 Quote Link to comment
OneFastRat Posted January 20, 2014 Report Share Posted January 20, 2014 I'm surprised you Datsun guys don't know Empi. They made some parts for the 510 and 240z. Maybe it's because they're rare? Quote Link to comment
ggzilla Posted January 20, 2014 Report Share Posted January 20, 2014 We know Empi Quote Link to comment
Duncan Posted January 20, 2014 Report Share Posted January 20, 2014 The place i ordered from seems to have a pretty thorough go through process. I did a similar thing about 6-7 years ago for my old 1200. The final inspector guy called me and asked if I wanted him to set the carb up for more performance, or better mileage. I chose performance. The car ran great right out of the box and I drove the car daily for a couple of years with it. I don't remember who did it, but it was a similar outfit in the bay area. Money well spent, IMHO. Quote Link to comment
danfiveten Posted January 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 National carb said in 7-10 days it will ship out, they rebuild all cores to order, so better than them saying 2-3 days to build and get out, 7-10 days feels like a good amount of time for a proper quality rebuild for a shop their size, instead of some half assed thing coming out. Was only 202 after shipping and everything. Quote Link to comment
metalmonkey47 Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 Nothing wrong with them. That's who sells our reman carbs at work, and I've sold a hell of a lot in the last 3 years. Never had one come back except when some old fuck messed one up putting it on his Yota. 2 Quote Link to comment
danfiveten Posted January 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 Yah im pretty sure i remember deliverying boxes with their name when i used to work for performance warehouse delivering graveyard auto parts to stores, the name just kept sounding very VERY familiar. Figure worth the shot. Quote Link to comment
Jesse C. Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 I'm surprised you Datsun guys don't know Empi. They made some parts for the 510 and 240z. Maybe it's because they're rare? Nope, never heard of it 1 Quote Link to comment
OneFastRat Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 Haha sexy bug! I'm considering getting one! Quote Link to comment
danfiveten Posted February 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2014 So they had issues with their flo bench machine, finally shipped it out today, but the tracking they gave me is a bad number >.> guy says its short 2 numbers at fed ex, honest mistake...(i hope) but the guy there said due to the delay in shipping they upgraded me to overnight shipping since they knew i needed it by saturday at the latest. so WOOP WOOP, hopefully its here tomorrow, since snowed in i can work on her and stuff, just wont be able to test drive her :( Quote Link to comment
danfiveten Posted February 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2014 So far great things to say, car is running, started up, i just cant test drive it till snow is gone. But vvery happy with it so far. 2 Quote Link to comment
banzai510(hainz) Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 Looks good!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment
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