dual carbies

simmo · Post by **simmo** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 6:49 pm

i fitted the dual carbs that i bought from xaymaca today... and they are sooo awesome

the low down torque is so much better than the original it now carries third up hills that i would normally need to down shift on

the only problem i encountered was the air filters.... they are very tall and didn't fit under the bonnet

. i'm guessing they fit under xaymacas bonnet because he had a lift kit installed.. correct? so i knocked up a temporary filter box using the old air filter which will do til i can find an origional air box.
overall an easy mod and its definately worth doin... if you can find a set

xaymaca · Post by **xaymaca** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 6:52 pm

Hmmm never thought about that!!! Try removing the top piece or the bottom piece of rubber and taking out a bit of the filter element then sticking the rubber base or top back on? You'll have to cut off a bit of the threaded rod that holds them on too.

See if you can do that... BTW, glad you like the carbies!

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 7:06 pm

you could always build a remote style box like I run on my twins

made of 100 x 50 RHS, holed and boxed up to sit on the carbies, fed by exhaust pipe and a steering rack boot for the flex to the VL commodore air filter box sitting where jack and cannister was.
Gives great filter capacity, modern flat style filter cartridges and something different

just an idea

simmo · Post by **simmo** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 7:06 pm

yeh i was goin to do that but i was worried abou the amount of air that would be getting through seeing as the filters would be really small. the setup i got now works well i just got to re attach the breather hose from the left head back into the filter box.
o yeh thanks for the balancer

the carbs were way out of sync so that came in very handy

simmo · Post by **simmo** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 7:09 pm

sounds like a good idea jono

it shall be done soon (or something along those lines)

xaymaca · Post by **xaymaca** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 10:13 pm

simmo wrote: the carbs were way out of sync so that came in very handy

That's disturbing... They were perfect on mine :S What does that mean?

simmo · Post by **simmo** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 12:05 pm

it means confused..... hence the confused symbol

! haha. yeh the right carb had way more vaccum than the left but all is good now

MUDRAT · Post by **MUDRAT** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 1:15 pm

We demand a sound bite!!

simmo · Post by **simmo** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 2:29 pm

i'll give it a go mate but i'm crappo with computers..... if i cant get it on i'll send it to someones email with greater abilities so they can post it.....

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 8:28 pm

I always thought that a balancer would not work on this set up due to them being connected (therefore 'balanced' ) inside the manifold.

Proved wrong OR each to their own

Sound bite ? Of twin Hitachis on a Subaru

NO , NO , Don't do it without the air cleaner or everyone will reminisce of the days when lots of 2.0 litre Kombis with twins got around town !!

MUDRAT · Post by **MUDRAT** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 9:05 pm

I just remember the sound of Brett's old red pig . . . . oh man i get goosebumps just thinking about it.

BRUMBERTY · Post by **BRUMBERTY** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 1:15 pm

I have video of me revving the piss out of Elvis, My old twin carb motor.
Who can host it?

BTW Elvis is coming to life again in the jet boat!.
Nasty bit of work.

simmo · Post by **simmo** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 2:43 pm

keep us posted on the elvis reincarnation project... should be good

MUDRAT · Post by **MUDRAT** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 2:47 pm

Try http://www.zippyvideos.com