New Beetle owner with questions

Hello group, my name is Jerry. I have recently bought my first VW beetle. It is a 72 Super. I have bought some rims, and a bugpack exhaust, I also have an Empi shifter, center console, and some 2" lowering springs on the way. I do have a few questions, it has a

30/31Pict carb on it with an adapter place, the carb looks brand new, and it runs ok, although I did have to do a bit of tuning after I removed the broken, rusted, and cracked stock exhaust, and replaced it with new stuff. I ordered a 34Pict off of ebay, used, I will rebuild it then put it on, should I expect better performance? Also I get a shudder sometimes when I take off and let the clutch out, it is much better if I rev it up more, what would this be? it shakes the whole car. There is no rust on the body at all, but there is what I would call a crappy paint job, but everybody else likes it because it is shiny, and there is evidence on some removable sheet metal parts of some body work. Is there anything else I should be looking for in this car? everything electrical seems to work, at least most of the time. The brake lights didn't work when I got it, it blew the fuse the instant you turned the ignition on, so I move it to another circuit, and now it seems fine.

Thanks for any advise in advance I am sure you will be hearing plenty from me in the months to come Jerry

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Jeveretts
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Search the archives of this group for "bowden tube." Not saying that's what's wrong, but it's a definite possibility. Maybe oil on the clutch disc if not the bowden tube.

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Shag

Worn engine/transmission mounts will also cause clatter/shaking.

J.

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P.J. Berg

Yes it will, but it does not fit directly on your manifold. Been there , done that.... :-) The spacing of the studs are different on Pict31 and Pict 34.

Maybee you should check the engine mounts and the trannymount. Bye...Mic

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Jeveretts

You are right. I'm wrong. 1600ccm = Pict 34 1300 ccm =Pict 31 Bye...MIC

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MIC

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