Gas Carbs

[Dozoor]

Apart from Gas research is there any mob that makes a straight gas carb for small fours , 1.2 ,1.5 litres ?

any idea what nads was using on there zook based buggy ?

I got sick of paying 560 bucks a month for fuel to and from work,
so got a daihatsu charade it was costing 240 a month , it died the other day , so i thought try bus train cost 543.20 a month
so im hooked on getting it done as cheap as possible ,
I found a 120y Datto and im going to straight gas it
I wanna do it for under a 100 a month even if i have to run razor blades for tires at 100psi and take the side mirrors off for wind efficiency .

[pcman]

impco have a few but there not very common in aus

impco 125 is a single barrel straight gas carb with built in throttle body

[mattsluxtruck]

Why not try a forklift place for a carby? Most of the forklifts use a motor based on a Datto if they dont just use the A12.
I dont think it will work real well on a road car personally. When you take into account the fack you will be flogging the bejesus out of a 120Y on LPG for it to move at highway speed and accelerating the wear on the old beast it may well be false economy.

[mud_runner_GQ]

look on ebay it is the best place to find impco carbys. the other day the was about 2 pages of them.

[NutterGQ]

motor so small wont really benefit from a dedicated carb, just put a Bunsen burner spacer and complex mixer your done, under $100 all up.

Its not like that little thing will be lean on a ring setup.

[PGS 4WD]

Gasresarch make a 270 cfm I've used on heaps of small engines, once a trike with an 800cc Yamaha motor. I also sucessfully fitted 3 on a 186 Holden to replicate the triple SU carbs that came off. If you want cheap and aren't concerned about maximum performance/economy then a BBQ ring will do the job. I find complex converters to be quite unreliable though once theyre a couple of years old.
Joel

[V8Patrol]

Fit a complex converter, that way you can run a simple feed plate as the mixer ( bbq burner style )

Rip the std carby off, remove the butterfly(s), cut out the venturies etc so it has a good air flow, seal up any holes ( accelerator jet squirters etc ), re-fit the butterflys,
& hey presto ........ instant gas carby !

Did a 500cfm holley like that last week & it works a treat, I even trashed the fuel bowl & plate so it was just the throttle body that was left.

Advantages.... no stuffin around making or getting aircleaners / addaptor
plates / finding spots to plug in vacume hoses etc etc etc
&
Its the right CFM for that engine allready

Kingy