GO ON THE 45's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mick The Cabbie]

She's back on 45's!

 

Back in June, in a quest for more power & out of curiosity, I unbolted the 45's and hung a brace of R1 bike carbs on the side of the pinto in the Escort. The jets/needles etc were set up correctly. I also swapped the head for a better one at the same time.

 

R1 carbs, hmmmmm, could never really decide how much I liked em.. Sure, they attracted lots of attention & were always a talking point. They looked pretty good together with the big Pipercross filter. Fuel consumption was very amazingly good too

 

BUT, I thought they sounded really shit compared to the old 45's & was never convinced about the power they produced. However, because I'd swapped the head at the same time, I guess I didn't really have a proper benchmark to compare em to Webers.. Over the last few weeks I've really not been enjoying the car much

 

Anyway, yesterday, I dug another pair of 45's out of the garage and nailed em on the side of the trusty ol pinto and FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK ME!!!! What a difference, have they transformed the old girl!!! She pulls soooooo well now. And the noise, my god the noise!! It's bloody addictive.

The mpg's dropped but I really don't care.

It's so amusing now coz she sounds like an angry rabid animal storming up the road, people look round and they see a pussy cat.

Sleepers rule

[over_head_cam]

Go on the Webers

[turnover]

and only the other day you were on about selling it

[sambo]

imo, bike carbs arent worth shite! A friend of mine has put them on his Holbay pinto and they dont sound a patch on webers or dellorto's!

[sampedlar06]

absoutly gorgeous that car!! and engine to match webers FTW

[Fiesta Steve]

I've been telling people for years, bike carbs are only good for one thing, bikes!!! lol

 

Glad you've seen the light

[Mick The Cabbie]

and only the other day you were on about selling it

 

lol, yeah I know.

I was gonna put the Webers back on to sell her anyway. I figured they make the car more desireable. So desireable don't wanna sell her now.

I'll see how I feel in a few weeks eh. Tooooooo many cars..

[Mick The Cabbie]

imo, bike carbs arent worth shite! A friend of mine has put them on his Holbay pinto and they dont sound a patch on webers or dellorto's!

 

Very true. They sound more like a DGAS or sommat.

I guess if someone upgrades from a twinchoke to bike carbs they'd be happy. But they're deffo a backward step from sidedroughts.

 

Your friend deffo needs 48's in his life with an engine like that

[Mick The Cabbie]

I've been telling people for years, bike carbs are only good for one thing, bikes!!! lol

 

Glad you've seen the light

 

A couple o' mates of mine run roundyround hotrods with R1 carbs and swear they're better than their old 45's that they've ran for years. One of em has even made 200brake on a pinto

 

Glad I've seen the light too! I guess you have to try these things

[Capri18]

I'm thinking about going from my twinchoke to bike carbs Is your bike carb set up for sale by any chance?

[Mick The Cabbie]

I gave Jonny GJUK 1st dibs on em a few weeks ago. PM sent

[dawesy1700]

what i'd love to see is a mag do a comparison, do a power run on a car with 40's or 45's then swap to bike carbs and compare the power, torque and mpg, i have bike carbs on mine, have done for 2 years and they're fantastic, great for town driving and 44mpg on the motorway and great for giving it the beans, but i do agree they don't sound as nice as a snorting set of webbers, but they work just as well, its just a matter of opinion.

[RossMK2]

what mpg would a crossflow with 234 cam and 1300 piston do on 40's

[SmokeEm]

Gotta love a pair of carbatooters

[Stu_B]

what mpg would a crossflow with 234 cam and 1300 piston do on 40's

 

If you run 40's it's best not to worry about MPG

[RossMK2]

that bad how far do you think id get on a tank need to get to shows

[dawesy1700]

put bike carbs on it n you'll get over 40mpg on a run if you drive steady, easy,

[Chris!]

that bad how far do you think id get on a tank need to get to shows

There are petrol stations you know

[RossMK2]

lol think ma dad will be filling it up for me because im not allowed to drive or fill up my own car age dicrimination

[Mick The Cabbie]

what i'd love to see is a mag do a comparison, do a power run on a car with 40's or 45's then swap to bike carbs and compare the power, torque and mpg, i have bike carbs on mine, have done for 2 years and they're fantastic, great for town driving and 44mpg on the motorway and great for giving it the beans, but i do agree they don't sound as nice as a snorting set of webbers, but they work just as well, its just a matter of opinion.

 

Yeah, I'd like to see a mag do a comparison ie, 0-60, top speed, 1/4 mile rolling road etc etc..

I guess it depends on your engine spec & how regularly you use the car as to which are most suitable. I'm sure bike carbs are prob ok on a mild or standard engine. 45's would prob be a bit OTT on a standard pinto.

I chose R1 carbs due to their 40mm chokes being comparable to 45's which would usually be running 36 or 38mm chokes. I honestly thought they'd be better than they where.

My engine really is thriving now it's back on the 45's though. I can't tell you enough, it really is worlds apart. I ain't used her much for the last few weeks. Can't keep out of her now

[Mick The Cabbie]

what mpg would a crossflow with 234 cam and 1300 piston do on 40's

 

If you run 40's it's best not to worry about MPG

 

Exactly.

However my Escort generally did 100miles on a full tank on the original 45's. About 130- 150 on the R1 carbs!!

Now with a different and more eager set of 45's (bigger chokes and different jets me thinks) and a different head to original, I'll prob be lucky to see 100 miles out of a tank. But hey who gives a fook

[v8cortina]

Hi Mick, Fancy coming to Round 6 at Shakey on the 6th Sept to give your 45s a good sorting?

[Mr Sam]

awsome

[Mick The Cabbie]

Hi Mick, Fancy coming to Round 6 at Shakey on the 6th Sept to give your 45s a good sorting?

 

I'd been thinkin about that