Thread: carb'd m117?
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Old 12-12-2010, 12:11 PM
lkchris lkchris is offline
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Originally Posted by cth350 View Post
carbs exist because they're cheap and easy, not because they're efficient or performance oriented. Why take a high end motor and give it a low end fuel source? -CTH
Exactly, although "easy" might not be the case here.

Would have to fabricate an intake manifold and get the jetting correct and of course if OP wanted as efficient running as originally it would mean one carb barrel per cylinder (and no mixing) , which means not cheap.
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