E/C16SE on bike carbs/webers, for and against.

[John]

Been looking, (more out of curiosty really) About running a gsi lump on bike carbs.. What benefits/disadvantages are there of running these over the traditional webers or similar. (have searched too, but not bought much up)

What's needed to run them? And costs? which Ignition? Inlet manifold from where? which fuel tank/pump? ect. What model bike are the carbs taken from?
How reliable are they? What sort of mpg figure could be expected? What sort of horsepower output could also be expected?

And on webers? cost? Expected power output?

Enough questions for now! Fankoo!

[Adam]

R1 carbs work.
use a 1.4sr ignition setup

facet/low pressure pump (or the r1 pump)

Inlet will need be a custom jobbie.

Could keep the std carb tank

If you can get a 1.4sr ignition setup, and a £60 set of carbs, its then just inlet/fuel pump cost. Could probably have it up and running for about £250-£300.
Whereas Webers and inlet usually go for about that much, unless you find a bargain

[John]

Would the carbs need to be re-jetted for car use?

[Adam]

Re-drill the jets.
Or you can fit some from a weber carb(think it might be a dgav), there a direct fit and come in 005 size differences if you get me.
So if you need a 1.5mm main jet, fit a 150 weber jet... which is the same

[burgo]

some people say that bike carbs give power throttle control and driveability. however my brother has just fitted some and i am honest seriously impressed at how good his car now starts, drives and runs. i would recommend and use them instead of webers as it only cost him about £100 to do the conversion

[gazjoiner]

some people say that bike carbs give power throttle control and driveability. however my brother has just fitted some and i am honest seriously impressed at how good his car now starts, drives and runs. i would recommend and use them instead of webers as it only cost him about £100 to do the conversion

i,ve been toying about this idea also, with a gsi c16se coil pack lump ! idealy what would be the best cc engine ect to go with? its really tempting:D

[John]

some people say that bike carbs give power throttle control and driveability. however my brother has just fitted some and i am honest seriously impressed at how good his car now starts, drives and runs. i would recommend and use them instead of webers as it only cost him about £100 to do the conversion

What were they fitted on burgo? Sounds good!

Can anything other then r1 carbs be used? Where can inlets be purchased from?

Gazjoiner, if you used the c16se, you'd have to swap to a dizzy drive ign.

[Jay]

Inlets can be purchased from Bogg Bros.

[John]

Any idea on the cost?

[Jay]

£150 iirc