looking for carbs to power my x flow 1600

but machined to 1700



thanks for the help

how many xflows have you got? lol

haha soz about that i will try and remove them
still learning about this forum

all sorted lesson learnt

I'd vote for `other`

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Originally posted by clairetoo
I'd vote for `other`

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Road use 40's
Full house racer never used on the road 45's

how easy r bike carbs 2 get hold of and fit

and which ones r for what i want

and thanks for the quick replys

graham

loads of set of them on ebay, way cheaper than webers. i bought a set for zx9r carbs (inc tps for use with megajolt) for about £50, you might need to make a manifold yourself for it, or someone on here may want to sell you one.

all in, its easy enough.

someone else will have more info on fitting one to a cross flow

the manifold doesn't need to be too complicated either, here's mine (photos were of it in development) given the space you'll have, it should be easier than mine was

can you give me a link to a ebay item num or somthing if you can find one as i have no idea what i am looking for
ta

these for example

i've got those for mine, but my car is a 2.0. i don't know if they're good for a 1.6/1.7

problem is i like the look of the webers

i got one on my mk2 golf it sounds great looks the biz and preforms 100 X better than the peirberg ( or what eva it was )



some webers on ebay 2nd hand i may hav a go at those bit of polish and new gaskets and you wont b able to tell that they hav eva seen sun light lol (at least i think it works like that )

graham

[Edited on 17/8/09 by greed1]

Be very careful with second hand DCOE's, many have been bodged in their life and you can end up with a pair of expensive desk ornaments with stripped threads, bent spindles, missing jets, cracked castings etc.

Don't forget to take into account the cost of a rolling road session to jet them, IF you can find a place that is still happy to jet carbs.

ya lol gud point but is that not the same with the bike carbs needing to jet them

i am still thinking of new ones cos of the shine factor and no problems with them

and when i come to sell the car i can then keep the carbs to use on my next one

thanks for the in put

graham

i've not got any experience yet, but i'm told bike carbs do need an initial set up, but hold the settings better, and are will give you better MPG and throttle response over webers.

if webers is what you want though, don't forget about delotoro (sp?) and the other identical ones. i think they were made under license from weber

but there must be some reason why these lads swear by bike carbs
http://www.boggbros.co.uk/gallery.html

[Edited on 17/8/09 by blakep82]

I would go for bike carbs every time. Had webers on my 1.8 zetec had nothing but smells of petrol and not too smooth either, not much better than a bucket with a hole in. Got zx6r carbs on a bogg brother manifold and they are great, smooth responsive and more economical. But thats only my opinion.

Have you seen the price of dcoes?
£240 each from demon tweeks
then youll need a manifold £125
linkage £50
filters £100
all plus vat and carriage
so your looking at a grand for carbs
id go for bike carbs or throttle bodies if it was my car
Ray

[Edited on 17/8/09 by RAYLEE29]