Home Made Twin Carb Adapter?

[casey]

ok many carb ideas have pased and i was attracted to the twin carbs on e-bay

my new idea is using the standard inlet manifold could i make an addapter to use two standard carbies? most of you ar thinking wtf??? but i have 2 standard carbs and little money at the moment so i think this should work, the only worry would be height but thats modable with the addapter height

i have enclosed a quik sketch so you get what I'm on about

 

thanks for reading, casey

[Redwarf]

Mate, it would be far easier to just wait for a correct priced factory manifold. With carbs they're about $250 ish for a set, or $50 for a manifold.

 

Cutting and shutting and manufacturing can be a false economy, particularly when you can get the right part cheaply.

 

R

[bruce]

It would be interesting if you got them going.

Might have to work out how the linkages go for the accelerator and choke :)

[casey]

nah i want a chalange I'm going for it

 

any tips and pointers?

Edited August 21, 2006 by willhav1kikassrolla

[Medicine_Man]

My honest opinion you would be better off going a set of sidedrafts or just leave it with one carb.. It is a lot of dicking around for bugger all gain..

[Des]

if you still want to do it after every ones opinion i say go for it, try it, ya might come up with something good :)

[Dan]

If you want a cheap carb alternative try the Gemini carb, they're almost a bolt on proposition, from memory they only need one small bit of filing, they bolt straight up apparently. They are a right pain in the ass to tune though, but thats coming from me and I've had bugger all tuning experience. A mate has one on his rolla...

 

But yeah, I'm with everyone else. Just buy one, it would probably be easier just to buy the manifold and try doing your two standard carbs onto it than what you are proposing, but even then it will be overjetted etc.... moral of the story: buy a twin carb setup or run a single carb :)

 

Dan.

[chrisandliz[RL]]

nah i want a chalange I'm going for it

 

any tips and pointers?

 

i like your style, it would help to have a mill and a butt load of tools.

 

do you know anyone that can weld alloy?cos you might want to make some new friends.

[casey]

i think I'm gonna try steel first, dad has a mig and most tools i would need, also school hase the stuff we don't

[Redwarf]

What exactly are you attepting to do? Your little piccie doesn't come up.

[casey]

i made it on paint and it wont work ill try image shack

[Dan]

Go into paint and 'save-as' the picture as a .gif (bottom bar thingo), Rollaclub won't let you post up a bitmap image (standard paint unless you change it).

 

Dan.

[casey]

 

*fixed for those who don't know how to use a .jpg file*

[Robert]

What are you going to make it out of?

 

Got any idea on dimensions? That may not clear the bonnet.

 

IMO just get twin SUs or Webers.

 

Cheers, Rob

[coln72]

If you have to make something, why not hang a bank of motorcycle carbs off the block. A guy had 4 on a civic and it was quick.