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surfbus1971
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 Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 12:01 pm Post subject: Nikki carb? |
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I saw this for sale:
The text from the ad said:
K-G rare tuningset from the '60.
Double carb from Nikki , made in England.
Original for 1300 en 1500 cc vw engine '60's F and H engines.
Made by Brown & Geeson England
I am curiuos about this carb. Can anyone tell more? Thanks!
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earthquake
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That looks like the stock Hitachi carb on my old Datsun 510, they also used it on early chevy LUV pickups. it was a good carb on a stock motor, It would probably work pretty good on a 1600 ACVW motor.
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surfbus1971
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That looks like the stock Hitachi carb on my old Datsun 510, they also used it on early chevy LUV pickups. it was a good carb on a stock motor, It would probably work pretty good on a 1600 ACVW motor.
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ACVW?
AirCooled VolksWagen you mean? |
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earthquake
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surfbus
Yes that is what I meant.
Casey
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TomSimon
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Interesting, I've never seen a kit like that... could be for 40horse.
The glass float bowl window DOES make it look like the ones used on late 60's early 70's Japanese cars. |
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earthquake
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Nikki made a four barrel that was used on the early Mazda Rotary motor, they worked so good it was hard to get much more power with any other carb. I know quite a few autocrossers and road racers that ran the stock carb on there 12A motors.
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A guy I talked to said that the only thing he got was higher fuelconsumption  not more power  with this thing. |
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| Bengt H wrote: |
| A guy I talked to said that the only thing he got was higher fuelconsumption not more power with this thing. |
I also have one of these carbs on the shelf, was considering fitting it to a 1500 engine I have. It looks a lot of fun, but I'm a bit unsure whether a two-barrel carb like this will manage to improve hp given that it is bolted to a stock manifold.....?
Anyway, its all about the looks, right?  |
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Albertoprop17
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I know this topic is old but... is someone running one of those carbs now? I have a spare one and I'm curious of how does it run
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| I know this topic is old but... is someone running one of those carbs now? I have a spare one and I'm curious of how does it run |
Yep running one on my 1600 beetle..... proper nice carb and once set up well it gives plenty of grunt and runs as sweet as a sewing machine
Just needs a bit of persuasion with the gas pedal when cold starting for a minute or two..... wouldn’t even swap it out for a set of Dels or ITCs |
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| Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2019 9:55 pm Post subject: Re: Nikki carb? |
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| What I heard from old post from other websites is that there nikki carbs where popular in the late 70s 80s in England they where cheaper than a rebuild solex carb at that time like what ???? But seem to have ice up a lot in the winter / cold climate..👉 https://ssvc.org.uk/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=90032 |
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Albertoprop17
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Here is a video of my 1.6 oval running a nikki carb:
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