New Bike Carbs
29/03/2007
Picked up a lovely set of Keihin 40mm carburettors from a Kawasaki ZX9 R B1 (means nowt to me), from eBay. They set me back £56 including delivery.
These carbs are from a 1995 bike which is slightly older than the usual carbs used in Zetec conversions (usually 1998 and up). They are in great condition and come with the idle adjuster cable. The only dissapointment being they are too old to have a throttle position sensor. No matter though. If I use them on a Zetec I can use a MAP sensor to detect engine load. I may even use this set on my Vauxhall C20XE engine which doesn't require an ECU to control it (as it has a mechnical distributor for ignition).
Most people now seem to be obsessed with having the carbs from a Yamaha R1, I learned from Bogg Brothers, who manufacture the manifold for carb conversions, that it simply doesn't matter where the carbs come from.
I know nothing about motorbikes, however my research has shown there to be only two main manufacturers. Keihin and Mikuni and there appears to be nothing between them.
These carbs will be sent away to Bogg Brothers to be cleaned, rejetted and a manifold made up to suit the car. I found this company as it just happened to sponsor the Tiger owners club site for a while. They come highly recommended by all.
I have spoken quite extensively to Bogg Brothers about how they tune the carbs, they have done a lot of work on the rolling road to derive the various jetting setups for the carbs. They can balance them and jet them to near as spot on without having to actually see the vehicle.
More on this when I get the manifold and carbs back!
Picked up a lovely set of Keihin 40mm carburettors from a Kawasaki ZX9 R B1 (means nowt to me), from eBay. They set me back £56 including delivery.
These carbs are from a 1995 bike which is slightly older than the usual carbs used in Zetec conversions (usually 1998 and up). They are in great condition and come with the idle adjuster cable. The only dissapointment being they are too old to have a throttle position sensor. No matter though. If I use them on a Zetec I can use a MAP sensor to detect engine load. I may even use this set on my Vauxhall C20XE engine which doesn't require an ECU to control it (as it has a mechnical distributor for ignition).
Most people now seem to be obsessed with having the carbs from a Yamaha R1, I learned from Bogg Brothers, who manufacture the manifold for carb conversions, that it simply doesn't matter where the carbs come from.
I know nothing about motorbikes, however my research has shown there to be only two main manufacturers. Keihin and Mikuni and there appears to be nothing between them.
These carbs will be sent away to Bogg Brothers to be cleaned, rejetted and a manifold made up to suit the car. I found this company as it just happened to sponsor the Tiger owners club site for a while. They come highly recommended by all.
I have spoken quite extensively to Bogg Brothers about how they tune the carbs, they have done a lot of work on the rolling road to derive the various jetting setups for the carbs. They can balance them and jet them to near as spot on without having to actually see the vehicle.
More on this when I get the manifold and carbs back!
posted by Charlie at
12:22 AM
1 Comments:
hi mate, so glad i found this, im just in the middle of fitting a set of zzr bike carbs to my clio williams.
I was getting worried that they might of been the wrong carbs to use,
but looking at your carbs they are exactly the same.
how are you fueling the carbs?
George.
By
rolo, at 9:55 PM
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