SuzukiSavage.com - Performance Carburetor Kit

LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10596 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: Performance Carburetor Kit Reply #90 - 07/17/22 at 18:34:34 Okie dokie
Back to top	IP Logged

ThumperPaul

Serious Thumper

Offline

SuzukiSavage.com
Rocks!

Posts: 975
Houston, Texas
Gender: male

Re: Performance Carburetor Kit
Reply #91 - 11/07/23 at 15:41:28

Hi Lancer. Are you still selling this carb kit? I’m thinking about buying a project Savage that already has a Mikuni VM36 installed (Murray’s Carbs). Curious what I might find inside for jets. Did I read correctly in this thread that a 200 Main with some kind of open exhaust is a good starting point? Without the UFO, what would be a starting point for the idle jet (sea level)? Thanks.

Back to top

IP Logged

LANCER

Serious Thumper
Alliance Member

Offline

Savage Beast
Performance Parts

Posts: 10596
Oklahoma
Gender: male

Re: Performance Carburetor Kit
Reply #92 - 11/07/23 at 17:00:19

ThumperPaul wrote on 11/07/23 at 15:41:28:

Hi Lancer. Are you still selling this carb kit? I’m thinking about buying a project Savage that already has a Mikuni VM36 installed (Murray’s Carbs). Curious what I might find inside for jets. Did I read correctly in this thread that a 200 Main with some kind of open exhaust is a good starting point? Without the UFO, what would be a starting point for the idle jet (sea level)? Thanks.

I typically use a #20 pilot and a #200 main jet as a starting point for a sea level location. If in a higher altitude go one size smaller for each 3000’. This assumes a good muffler like a Dyna that flows well but has decent baffling.

Back to top

IP Logged

ThumperPaul Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 975 Houston, Texas Gender:	Re: Performance Carburetor Kit Reply #93 - 11/07/23 at 17:42:24 Thanks Lancer. And I apologize. I just found your thorough discussion in the tech section. You detailed everything a carb tuning novice could wish for! I appreciate your taking the time to reply. Have a great evening!
Back to top	IMG_3061.png « Last Edit: 11/08/23 at 05:24:41 by ThumperPaul » IP Logged

ThumperPaul

Serious Thumper

Offline

SuzukiSavage.com
Rocks!

Posts: 975
Houston, Texas
Gender: male

Re: Performance Carburetor Kit
Reply #94 - 12/10/23 at 14:15:49

Lancer, do you sell your VM36 with the UFO (Ultimate Flow Optimizer)? If so, is that why you start with such as small #20 idle jet?

The science behind the UFO seems logical, but I'm not buying the marketing hype of +1HP for every 100cc. That's like 6.5HP (call it 6%) on our bikes - going from 31 stock HP to 37HP with just this gadget (+19% increase in HP). This "slide plug" can't do all that by itself.

Will it flow better in the low/mid range? probably/maybe... Will it enhance the venturi effect and improve the atomization of fuel? Again, maybe. It's like wondering how much a butterfly valve affects performance in the run position (better or worse).

Call me a doubter naysayer. With all the brilliant engineers at Mikuni, why didn't they think of this? It sounds way too good to be true to me.

If they just said it improves low/midrange power, it probably wouldn't sell well. So they flat out lie and say +1HP per 100cc. (Then you have to read the fine print.)

Back to top

IP Logged