sactojesse
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 Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2013 1:42 pm Post subject: Re: Bus stroker motor advice based on parts accumulated: 94x |
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| KevinMc wrote: |
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I will not be convinced on dual carbs; I've tried it both ways, so I'm not interested in that argument  |
Listen to the experts. I'm no expert, but your Luddite approach, i.e., irrational fear of dual carbs, is compromising your build. If you want all-around driveability, your best bet is with dual IDFs or DRLAs. You will bet better mpg as well. |
This is my build, not theirs.  I am not normal, so don't worry about me . Interesting you know all about my fear of duals; I've run them more often than not, for many, many miles.
This will not be a street/strip racer. We will eventually be driving this rig to Alaska and back, often to the middle of nowhere out West, with lots of camping and offroading on a regular basis.
A single carb is somewhat restrictive, yes. It moves the power band lower, duals move it up. One carb means no linkage, half the potential for clogged jets and such, less than half the parts, and a super sweet sheathed cable setup, so no clogged or frozen accelerator cables. Driving rough trails for long periods of time, I have had zero flooding issues with a single center mount... just a clogged idle jet once after months of desert dust conditions. Its the only carb setup in 20k miles I've basically never had to screw with from sea level to 10k feet, cold, hot, doesn't matter: absolute reliability. This is of the utmost importance to me, not power. |
My apologies. I stand corrected. I had thought your insistence on running a centermount IDF was based on ignorance, as is the case with the vast majority of similar threads I see. However, your logic makes sense to me once you explained it, particularly the part about extensive off-road usage. Please carry on with your "abnormal" build. 
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bugguy1967
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I believe the compression needs to be a tad lower with a single. Just making sure that you are aware of this.
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kell1968
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| When you going on this trip. My brother and I are planning on the same thing. We plan (hope) to do the whole Pan American highway. Would be cool to have a third. If we get tired of each other, well we all have our own vehicles... If we have a problem with one vehicle... Well we may have two more |
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Thanks,
