Hi
Can bike carbs give the same amount of power as to a set of twin 40's??
This is on a 2.0 pinto with race head and cam, will they give similar, more or less power??
I know they will improve driveability but i dont want to be loosing out on the track.
someone please hlep befor ei go and buy some.
cheers
goaty

Depends which carbs you go for!!! If you go for adequately sized carbs (ie not so small that it strangles the engine) you should get more BHP, better MPG and better drivability than on twin Webers.

Although Webers sound great and (if correctly adjusted) can provide good performance they're ancient technology.

Perhaps think of it this way. If you lost the twin 40s and went for quad (smaller) Webers you'd get a performance boost. Then ditch the 1960s technology in exchange for 1990s carb design and voila!! IMHO webers are best where they belong- ie classic cars (and even then only on concours classics).

Personally though I'd go for TBs and go EFi. When you adjust carbs unless you've extremely lucky (or prepared to spend the rest of your life adjusting them) it's always a compromise. You'll never get the mixture right across the rev range at any load setting.

Consider that many modern EFIs are self-tuning, for £500 for an Emerald, £130 for an Innovate LC1 and a few quid for fuel pumps etc you can go EFi- no more compromises!!!

cool thanks for the info, i didn't really think about it it that way.
As for EFI i dont want to spend the money changing it all over as i only want this engine till next year i will have my supercharged 16v finished and ready.

Think i will get some bike carbs, Would Fireblades be ok for my 2.0??
I will keep my twin 40's just in case i change my mind.
thanks agian
goaty

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Originally posted by BenB
.....ditch the 1960s technology in exchange for 1990s carb design.....

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Yes I did realise that when I wrote it but hope no-one would notice it

It's true the CV type carbs aren't exactly super hi-tech!!!

Hello Goaty

Take it from me throw the webbers in a skip and fit either R1 or ZX9 40mm bike carbs.
I fitted them to my 1.9 205 and the diffrence was increddible.
Pulled in 5th gear at 20mph and the torgue was great,sounded fantastic and better fuel consumption.
The car started better from cold and ran alot smoother.

Another time i was watching a grass tracker on a rolling road with a very highly tuned Pinto which was just having the conversion done from twin 40's to R1 carbs and it made plus 20 bhp more and the owner was gob smacked at the change in the way it went.

cool thanks for all the info guys. I got my eye on some at the mo so will see how it goes.
thanks again

One other thing.
does anyone know of a good rr to set them up further south than bogg bros??
I am near gatwick so they are a little far really.
cheers again

Hello Goaty

Ring Steve at Bogg's and get a price for you to send your carbs and have him strip them, clean and re jet for your engine spec,after that put them on and the car will start on the key straight away an will only require minor tweaks to make spot on,when i did my 205 i did the above and it ran straight away spot on and when checked on there rollers it required half a turn on the mixture screw to get 100%

cool, time to sort some carbs out then.
cheers for the help

any tuners down south that are well known?
thanks

Ive got a Vauxhall C20XE on bike carbs they have been to bogg brothers for an overhall and booked into Sanspeed at Bexlyheath for tuning at the end of the week Peter is the man to talk to Ive been using him for about 15yrs he has tuned my race car every year and never had any problems.
His number is 02083034314 (Peter)

cool they not far from me.
I was planning on using Sanspeed or HT for my 40's but handy to know they can do bike carbs.
time to find some now