by streetsy » Thu Nov 20, 2014 8:55 pm
I have messed with various carbs on 998 engines when I had minis before the Midas', I always found SU's to be the best for torque, I ran with two single choke downdraught Solex carbs (I think from a Ford Anglia), they sounded good but you had to thrash it to get anything from them. as for bike carbs, I had a Robin Hood with a 2 litre pinto engine which I put bike carbs, but that is a 4 port engine, a-series has only two ports. I used to make my own manifolds for the minis as to get the carb spacings right, I also made the bike manifold for the pinto engine. I would suggest look for carbs from a parallel twin motorcycle with similar power to you engine as then the jetting should be close and get it checked on the rolling road once fitted. Unless you have a 7 port head in which case 4 carbs would probably be best. If you make a manifold make sure the float bowls sit level. Bogg brothers or danst engineering make nice manifolds, not cheap though.