hey guys.. looking for some help on the car :( it's a 1980 honda civic (semi-auto tranny, 1500).. well i bought it just fine and more recently it's been giving me problems. engine used to run GREAT.. even compared to some new cars :cool: but.. recently it started not idling right. you have to give it gas when you stop or it dies completely and you gotta restart it. kind of embarassing in a semi-auto :( but i was curious.. how could i easily fix this? i'm not sure what the problem is.. i'm going to get a carb rebuild kit soon and hopefully have a go at it.. but if you guys have any ideas they'd be appreciated

if not i may just wait til it dies completely.. then look around for a newer civic engine and start converting :) a b18c5, maybe? :cool: wanna race? lol... ah so many dreams.

Before you let it "die" completely, try adjusting the idle mixture screw on the carb. im not sure which one it is on the 1500, but check a manual. also check for vaccum leaks, they will kill your idle .

to adjust the idle there is a know on the back of the carb on the passenger side, clockwise turnes it up. to get at it u will have to un bolt the vaccume huse thing on the bottm of the air cleaner to get at it.

dont mess with the rebuild kit save your money and get a weber kit for it with electric choke you will be much happier in the long run. the honda carb is crap

dont mess with the rebuild kit save your money and get a weber kit for it with electric choke you will be much happier in the long run. the honda carb is crap
is the weber kit worth the time and money to do it, how much hp do u figure it will add, i just discovered that u could put a weber on the cvcc the other day and will probally do it when the money comes

buy the weber used on ebay or somthing euro carb has the adapter and so dose www.bapimportparts.com i think it has been a long time since i have had to buy it. you can also fab an adapter plate rather easily or have someone do it for cheap.
here are some weber carb guys who can help
Carbs Unlimited
http://www.carbs.net/index.htm

Pierce Manifolds
http://www.piercemanifolds.com/products.htm

Redline-Weber
http://www.redlineweber.com/

Top End Performance
http://www.racetep.com/weber.html


As for Hp you wont get much from just the carb but now you will have the potential to do other mods to get more ponies. headers, head work etc.

there are some guys that can help you better Im a first Gen guy civic 1200 but there is a bunch of second gen guys on www.civic1200.com the have a gen2 forum
plus this guys website
http://hometown.aol.com/alpinea110s/neilswheels.html

good luck hope i was of help

oh i found euro carbs info
Matthew Cooper
eurocarb ltd
256 Kentwood Hill
Tilehurst
Reading
RG31 6DR
United Kingdom

Telephone: +44 (0) 118 943 1180
Facsimile: +44 (0) 118 943 1190
E-mail: sales@dellorto.co.uk

thanks, that will help a lot, i wont b able to start untill next spring/summer, i am in school at the moment far from home with little cashflow. i have alreads put 2 1/4 exhaust, w/o headers mostly because i couldnt find any and even if i did i probally wouldnt want to pay for them :disappoin but i did take the cat out so it made quite a difference. the only other work i have done was basically to keep it running, my head cracked among other thing all at onece last december so i replaced that myslef but didnt have any work done on it but i know someone who will do some work on the head for pretty cheep if i provide parts and remove/install etc.

We purchased a 1980 Honda civic 1.5 GL (hatchback) a year ago and had similar problems to what you have described. Our Honda Civic would die idling or at low speeds. It was finally diagnosed properly as a defective fuel pump after alot of run around. We were told it could be a carburetor problem, a defective fuel pump fuse, a defective distributor. Personally, we inspected the fuel pump pressure and gas input to the carburetor and found an insufficient flow and pressure. After replacing the fuel pump with a brand new one we have had no further problems. Suggest checking the fuel pump pressure and output. It's a very simple test.