35mm or 38mm

[350banshee]

hey guys im about to buy a single carb setup but dont know what one to get 35mm or 38mm need help? ive got 392 big bore,rad valves and dmc 916 pipes. any help would be great thanks

[Larry's Shee]

Do a little search ,most will advise AGAINST single carbs , you can't make as much power with one huge carb as opposed to two small er carbs.

[EvilBanshee]

hey guys im about to buy a single carb setup but dont know what one to get 35mm or 38mm need help? ive got 392 big bore,rad valves and dmc 916 pipes. any help would be great thanks

 

If you happen to go with this set up. Deffinity go as big as you can. But i would personally stick with a 34 or 35mm double carb set up.

[MilleniumPerformance]

I have had a customer with a very similar build to yours and he, as well, inquired about the same "sinlge-carb" setup. I had a few different carburetors lying around that we actually tried on the bike to see what was in-fact a better fit for his desired riding style. We started out with a 34mm Keihin PJ carburetor, we found that it performed surprisingly well on the bottom, but fell off on the mid-top end range. Next we tried a 36mm Mikuni carburetor, and like-wise, performed similar to the PJ on the bottom, but really fell off in the middle. We then tried a 38mm Lectron carburetor and it outperformed the previous carburetors by a long-shot. As a side note - we spent nearly an hour for each carburetor trying to tune it for best performance in each area of throttle position and vehicle speed, what I am trying to say is - what may seem like a failure, may actually be the key once it is tuned or "dialed" in. Hope this helps.

Edited September 20, 2010 by MilleniumPerformance