Bike Carb's question

[SmokeEm]

Right peeps. Many OSF'ers have used bike carbs on their Pinto's effectively and some even swear by them. What I want to know is IF they are so good, why don't the Top Pinto builders use them instead of Webers?

 

Also, lets say Vista unbolts his webers and bolts on some correctly set up bike carbs - would his 180ish BHP STILL be 180ish?

 

Discuss

[MrsSmokeEm]

Bored then at work?!!!!!

[Mk2Jo]

Use the search facility on here and you'll find loads about bike carbs vs. car carbs

 

Someone told me that they're okay up to a certain bhp and after that it's best to go for normal carbs

[NeilT]

from what i hear from ppl i trust and read on the wonderfual internet

 

the bike carb's gives you better driverabilaty and fule econamy and are lower maintenance (you fir them and forget them)

 

 

but if you want out and out power its all about the webbers!! O and dont forget the noise and tuneabilaty

[Vista]

also, lets say Vista unbolts his webers and bolts on some correctly set up bike carbs - would his 180ish BHP STILL be 180ish?

 

Discuss

 

where did the rest of my horse power go then?

[SmokeEm]

also, lets say Vista unbolts his webers and bolts on some correctly set up bike carbs - would his 180ish BHP STILL be 180ish?

 

Discuss

 

where did the rest of my horse power go then?

 

I did say ish

[Mexico]

i have thought about it, but i'm more into the old skool so im stickin with the webers lol

[dawesy1700]

i think also its the price difference, i bought bikes carbs cause you can get a really good set for £80, cant say that for webbers, sooo, if the top builders can afford a top build, so to speak, then they will go for the webbers, cause they can afford it, lol, and its tried and tested that webbers push big power, i reckon bike carbs could but nobodies tried, well, not that i've heard of, i reckon if they can feed a 1000cc bike to 180mph, then they can feed a thirsty pinto or hot xflow, the maths and numbers say they should be able to, (i think , haha)

[Wessie]

leave the bike carbs on bikes, proper cars use webbers

[MightySprocket]

my 1600 crossflow with a mild (BCF3) cam and GT head made 100bhp at the wheels on the rollers with Bogg Brothers Carbs... i was quite impressed with that for my first engine build

[dawesy1700]

exactly, mine has 120bhp at the wheels, on zx7r carbs, they're great, lol.

[Monkfish]

I've got a set running on a completely standard 2-litre which, in my opinion, makes it go, rev and sound better than it would on a normal twin-choke - it's arguably better on fuel too, and idles etc equally as well. I'm not sure what the set-up would have cost, but I reckon it makes for a pretty decent, cheapish mod.

 

However, that's on a standard 100bhp or so engine, and let's just say I wont be ditching the 48s on my Ashton Pinto in favour of them.