use the existing motor bike carbie cable. Fits straight into the splice on the MK 1 accellerator pedal easy as!!
Filters, go here:-
http://stores.ebay.com.au/3BBB-Motorcycle-in-AU
make sure you order the 40mm versions.......
use the existing motor bike carbie cable. Fits straight into the splice on the MK 1 accellerator pedal easy as!!
Filters, go here:-
http://stores.ebay.com.au/3BBB-Motorcycle-in-AU
make sure you order the 40mm versions.......
Last edited by Red Pepper; 12-03-2009 at 23:13.
Excellent, How many Dollars to the pound?
About 2
Last edited by Red Pepper; 13-03-2009 at 12:13.
I'd say the 42 mm, cheap aswell
Just a little something Aussie for you to feast your eyes on:-
The wheels are 16" x 7"
Unfortunately, twin cams are very hard to come by here so I gotta run with the 1720 Kent
Maybe I will invest in a 2ltr Zetec sometime in the future.....or maybe....a Cosworth if I could find one
Hope ya like 'em?
Last edited by RWD fords rule; 13-03-2009 at 12:41.
Yes they are Yamaha R1 1000 98/99 carbs, the 50mm ones fit bit I think that 48mm would be best and the smallest that you would want to go.
Sorry,...... I uploaded the wrong interior pic, here is the correct one and an overall pic of the engine bay.
A few more questions for you.
What kind of piping did you use for the intake manifold there?
Any problems with them sucking in when the engine is running?
Where did you buy it?
Nice car by the way, nothing wrong with a well tuned xflow.
Jason
Had a mate make it up. Just used some 40mm steel tube amd of course a steel plate to the head.
The pipe that you see is rubber radiator hose A$15, I wanted the red Turbo hose but A$200...too expensive
No sucking in here as I was able to push the rubber hose over the steel tube until the carb met the pipe.
Excellent!!!!
Thanks for the kind words by the way...I got most of the interior, dash, dash pad, centre console on Ebay from good ole England :-)
Last edited by Red Pepper; 13-03-2009 at 13:03.
Some pics of the manifold
Fitted to my old engine
The motorbike carbs caused quite a stir at Adelaide's "All Ford Day" last Sunday.
I had fun telling everyone that it was so easy fitting a Yamaha 1000cc motor into and Escort
Last edited by RWD fords rule; 14-03-2009 at 12:28.
Your welcome !!
OK, under extreme throttle up hill she seems to die like she is runnin' outa fuel.........
Could this be any or all of the following:-I have done all the things on the Bogg Bros site and these are the only things I can think of
- Fuel pressure regulator set too low?
- needle set too low? (the long needle in the slides)
Oh and I found some more filters, this time in England
MOTORBIKE DIRT KART QUAD AIR FILTER Carb 35mm 38mm 45mm
Last edited by Red Pepper; 22-03-2009 at 09:49.
what fuel pump are you running?
the needles tend to control the mixture at about half throttle as far as i know, once at full throttle it's the mains that control the fuelling.
Hi volume mechanical which was fuelling the twin 40mm Dellortos fine
Last edited by Roger Miller; 22-03-2009 at 10:36.
Runs perfect except when I get to 6500 rpm under extreme load goin' uphill then she wants to die.....I think I will need to allow a little more fuel in, maybe open the mains up a leeeeeeeeeeeeettle further
Can't get it to do the same on the flat road at 7500 rpm
may be ugly but they work better then the well set up twin 40's I had on, that's all I can say.
once I get it right, a nice chrome (inside and out) manifold will follow, this was only a quick test set up.....
use a r1 fuel pump, gives perfect fueling
Whats going on with the slide speed need more info,how do you know when its too slow or too fast.I race here in the US we use yamaha R-6 on carbs with alkahol/methonol for fuel they are BAD ASS FAST was trying to used R-1 carbs on the R-6 got them to fit just trying to get dialed in.Just stumbled on to the site were you guys were using R-1 carbs I know this is not a bike site but all the info I cant get would be cool,buy the way we dont race bikes the engine is in a small car simular to a sprint car.Thanks Guys
Jimmy
im yet to set up my carbs, but im assuming that i'll know if the slide orifice's are too big if the engine loses vacuum under medium acceleration(compared to high accel on normal carbs) and opposite if the orifice's are too small, which they may be on an r6 motor
In our type of racing theres not much med.acceleration,alot of eather wide open or not,i read somewere that enlarging the slide holes can help acceleration like having an pump squirter,i dont know but i ran the r-1 carbs on my r-6 wouldnt turn over 12,000 rpms
with the r-6 carbs it turns 16,200 rpms.was using a stock air box on r-1s i think the 2 small holes in the air box too small cut the top out just above the filter will try it again in 2 weeks
OK, I am in need of some assistance from you good people in England.
I need someone to contact Bogg Bros and find out how much one of their Yamaha R1 Bike carb manifolds for a 1600 Kent, will be, posted to Adelaide, South Australia 5000.
They do not appear to have email??????????
Thanks for any help you can give
Shane
Got some R1 carbs for mine now.
Just need to make up a manifold, and I'm about ready to ROCK!
i had zx9r carbs that i got form robbin hood for 330quid came with it all even the throttle cable and air filter,i used them with a megajolt they worked really well together,also they are so good on fuel,you save a bucket load of cash on that as well as the carbs being cheaper
i know its not ford but ive been running yahama R6 carb set up for about 2 years now on my 1.3 mk1 golf (standard about 55 bhp, X flow design)
yamaha r6 carbs
135 main jets
standard idle jets with 2 3/4 turns out on mixture screw
blocked air corrector
lowered needles (machined 1mm from tophat)
1.5mm lowered float levels from standard
bog bros manifold
im yet to play with the slide lift holes, but after reading this im defo going to
the car dives nice up the revs and in the lower gears it pulls quite nicely at lower revs
but in high gears at low revs it feels rich
on my LM1 wideband the mixture at 6.5k on full load on flat road in 3rd is 12.5 AFR
but when driving on part to 1/2 throttle it gets a tad rich at 11.8 AFR
hope this helps with set ups on x-flows
and if anyone can give me some pointers on how to get my part throttle richness down that would be fab
Cheers Ash
Hi guys, I'm logging on from Romania, Europe. I'm trying to run a Trabant (bet you don't know what it is :P) with a 1.3 litre vw polo engine with R1 carbs. My mechanical fuel pump was in the way and ive fitted an electric one that delivers 3bar pressure... I have some kind of a filter because my original carb didnt have a separate overflow an the overflow goes from that filter, these carbs dont have either. So with the fuel pump gas goes all over the place, but when I put a bottle with a hose without any pump or anything it runs good untill 3000 rpm, above that range it dies. So the question is if i put a pressure regulator on the electronic pump will it help, and how should i set it??? My gues is 0.1-0.2 bar. Please someone help. Thanks!!!!!
Last edited by attici89; 17-05-2010 at 14:03.
i am sorry, i dont know in bar, but bike carbs run on 3PSI
and i know what a trabant is, saw then on a UK TV program called "Jeremy Clarkson Meets The Neighbours" from what i gather they have quite a cult following!
EDIT: found a converter on my ipod, 3psi is 0.2 bar!
Last edited by Copey; 17-05-2010 at 14:09.
"if its too loud, you're too old!"
I've said all along to get perfect fueling use a R1 fuel pump. Cheap aswell.
You're right, I had a friend lend me the pump from his R1 and it ran well, so I've bought one (actually from an R6, but its the same) and it all cheers ever since , thanks for the advice.
Hello everyone,
I know a reply was posted 3 years ago, I'd like to know if at all possible, the following information:
For Super Six: (I hope you are still around!)
I read your tuning info for the R6 Keihin carbs. My question for you would be: How big should I drill the main jets for them to be used in a VW 1.8L 8v engine? Any info on this would be greatly appreciated!
Many thanks, best regards, all the way from Mexico City, Mexico.
well my mrs has run this as her daily drive for 2 and a half years and the carbs have been faultless she has just gone through 3 clutches, 3 driveshafts a gearbox and a pair of wishbones and a complete car!
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Starter out life as this little 50k mile minter
finished like this
Here are some pictures of the trusty steed after the accident.
and is now up and running in a 4 door s2 shell and the engine is still going strong 3 car in! around 30,000 miles later
Hands off you pikeys!
Now has a decent set of wheels on though!!!!!!
I have R1's in my standard 2ltr pinto and the jets are 1.8 so 1.6 for your engine sounds about right. The best and only thing to do is get them set up properly on a dyno (or rolling road as you guys call it).
People who have issues with bike carbs are 99% because they tuned them themselves or are not using a fuel pump from the same bike the carbs came from.
Good luck
Matt
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