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Title: Why carbs?
Post by: Jimp on 24 September 2009, 22:59

I've seen a few threads here about putting bike carbs on a 2.0 engine and was just wondering why people do this? What effect does the carb conversion have?
Thanks in advance  :smiley:

Title: Re: Why carbs?
Post by: danny_p on 25 September 2009, 00:38

they do it cos it's cheep.

the effect it has vastly depends on how well its done

Title: Re: Why carbs?
Post by: Diamond Hell on 25 September 2009, 14:11

Dave Walker, of Emerald finished his last column in PPC with:

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I used to be undecided about carbs, but now my mind is made up, I won't have them in the workshop.

Carbs are the reason cams have 'power-bands' on them - with proper injection you should be able to get power over a much wider rev-range.

Only someone with the complete fear on them about electrics would fit carbs to an injection engine.