seen some flow testing on turbosport website with a 45dcoe and a set of r1 carbs, interesting findings...

http://www.turbosport.co.uk/showthread.php?t=279337

That made interesting reading.
Good post.

yeah thought so myself, I guessed a 40mm bike carb would be similar flow to a 45 weber with 38mm choke..

flows just a tiny bit more than a 45 with 36mm chokes

What we shouldn't loose site of is the overall cost
I've seen the carbs secondhand value rise quite considerably over the years and interestingly the manifolds even more
I think all in we know pay about £300 or so

I run MAP which I still feel is a more accurate system than TPS

I do have both types of Jolt (MAP & TPS) and one day will back to back test them

Very interesting indeed!