It's interesting to note that you mention the Mikuni "carb" (you can still buy them new with warranty - see American Iron magazine and others [local bike shop would work too]). I have run a Mikuni on a 900cc Sportster for a number of years; they are consistent if properly tuned at any RPM range and are very tolerant to the aberrations of a "kick start" Harley. On an engine with electric start and properly profiled, they should be extremely reliable. Webers, SUs, and others have been very successfully used on bikes, high performance "street" cars, and other similar applications for years.
Not to sound critical, but many of the folks on this forum seem to be stuck in the era when the KR2 was designed. E.g., I have been trying to find a "junk yard" Corvair engine for a couple of weeks... find some, but I'm not building my airplane around this!! BTW; I was a "motor head" in the 60's, so the stuff you guys (and gals) are resurrecting were my "toys" when I was a kid. Please assume no harm/no foul. Happy flying! Formula4G -----Original Message----- From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net] On Behalf Of Colin Rainey Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 12:48 AM To: KRnet Subject: KR> Good carbs Bob said: There is a lot of people flying the Posa that would disagree with that post.Besides what do you call a good carb... There are alot of carbs that are just better designs. Mikuni in the same mm diameter of throat should work very well, and can be found in ANY motorcycle junk yard virtually ready to install. The same can be said for the Bing carbs (used by Rotax) and can be found on Seados and snowmobiles. Even Holley and Edlebrock now make carbs for Harley engines of the same cc ranges as the VW and even the Corvair (given that they are designed for higher rpms and so will work at the lower rpms, with less cfm demand. Use The Auto Mathbook to find you engine demand, then match the carb to it). The Averovee and of course the Ellison are other examples of drastic improvements. And of course then there is fuel injection made easy: http://www.lnengineering.com/fi.html Colin Rainey brokerpi...@bellsouth.net _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net Post photos, introductions, and For Sale items to <A HREF=http://www.kr2forum.com/phpBB2/index.php please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.441 / Virus Database: 268.18.3/693 - Release Date: 2/19/2007 5:01 PM
