Throttle plates....

[Jemison Richard]

Thanks Doug.  I tried, ha!  It seems I read though that Mikuni made an
aftermarket carb for Harley's that was in that range (I run 38mm on my 1100
and remember being impressed with the size of this carb).  Don't have a
catalog with me.

Indy Rick

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Doug Mansfield [SMTP:mansfield at cns.ohiou.edu]
> Sent:	Tuesday, December 08, 1998 8:51 AM
> To:	diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu
> Subject:	RE: Throttle plates....
> 
> 
> 
> --On Monday, December 07, 1998, 11:32 PM -0500 Jemison Richard
> <JemisonR at tce.com> wrote:
> 
> > I'm not a big Harley guy but I'm thinking the Harley's run a carb about
> > that size - would solve your problem.  Also, throttle body on my Saturn
> > is at least 52 mm and has the TPS mounted right on it.  FWIW
> 
> Nope.  They run about 10mm short.  The new stock carb has 40mm bore.
> Aftermarket carbs run a bit bigger, not not up to 52.
> 
> Doug