Chimp,

Dime City has a real bargain on that carburetor. If we had a bike that you could easily pull the carb off to tune it I would be in for it in a New York Minute.

With my limitations on skill, if I decide to go with the VM 36 I think I will pay the money that Lancer wants since his setup is pretty well thought out.

In fact at the moment I am looking to find an adapter to use Lancer's carb and the Suzuki factory air box and filter.

Before I part with $400 bucks I have been working on the standard POS carburetor and have it working so good I am reluctant to get rid of it now.

I find that the factory carb likes very minute changes, not any big change at one time. I rode for over an hour this morning on rural roads, never getting beyond fourth gear, or over 45 MPH, and didn't hear a solitary pop or after fire. I gassed up at the end of my ride and checked my mileage and I am now up to 47.65 MPG, which is the best in the past 12 months of checking MPG.

Time will tell.      

Kenny G      

Chimp,

If you have the patients to tune a carburetor from scratch the Dime City sale carb is the way to go.

I have heard that they can be helpful with the cable and any adapters that you will need.

Kenny G

Dave,

When I chatted recently with Lancer he told me "The VM carburetor has a 63mm outside diameter on the intake side, while the stock carb is 57mm, so the stock rubber tube between carb and air box with not work."

So I am trying to figure out how to make a transition piece between the VM and the factory air box.

If anyone has done this please post how you did it, and the results.

Kenny G

Verslagen,

Thank You!

Is there more than one thickness of radiator hose made in this day and age?

Kenny G

I will stop at one of the auto supply places next week and look over what they have.

I haven't changed a radiator hose since somewhere in the early 1960's.
LOL

Kenny G

I guess the reason I was confused is that I used the rubber air box tube when I mounted my carb from Lancer - but I guess I turned it around and used the wide end of the carb....and I cut the small end off and inserted a piece of PVC pipe to mount my foam filter on.

It may be possible to get 2 of the factory tubes, cut them in half so you can use both big ends, and insert a small piece of tubing between them as a connector.  Super glue work very on rubber.

There s a bit of an angle needed in the tube between the carb and the air box.....so a thick radiator hose may not work.

If you need extra rubber tubes to cut up to make the hookup between the VM carb and the air box let me know, I have a spare, maybe 2.
I like the idea Dave had.