[Cal Metal]

I'll try and remain somewhat objective, as the Inglese story has both positive and negatives. Dan, their service manager, has always been very helpful and goes out of his way to assist one in answering questions.

A couple of years ago I ordered a set of IDFs for a Unique from Inglese. The quality of the build was terrible. The customer wanted black carbs and someone proceeded to cross thread an idle/air mixture screw when reassembling the unit. One of the throttle plates hung up in the bore and the idle would not return to normal. Gas puddled on the throttle plates and leaked all over the manifold. Nothing was pre set; the air idle screws were 2 turns open or closed entirely. This was supposed to be a tuned set.

After the first call, the owner wanted nothing to do with me and would not return my messages. He was all there when I was buying; avoided me like the plague after troubles erupted. No assistance, no nothing. Probably the worst experience with an after market supplier I have ever encountered.

Like I said, Dan has been helpful when I needed something that someone couldn't supply. No problem with him. However, the experience was bad enough that I sought out other companies to purchase my parts. If you go back into the archives, I listed, among others, Pierce Manifolds and Fast Freddies.

I appreciate the kind words from Steve. I was glad to help, although Enzo is the one that really know these units better than anyone. The guys who have successful Weber units continue to work at them. There are subtle nuances that are unique to each engine that uses them. Most guys become experts after spending so much time with them.