I Have thought about going Bike carbs before but was concerned with getting them set up properly and also what type or size carbs to get.

Troy 5-10mm wont make much difference.

Another option could be to sell these up and get some downdraft mikuni or
keihins with custom manifold like clyons8 got done by Sykine and have them
angled up instead. By the time you are finished with proffessional
tuning it should still be cheaper than the dellortos, webs or solex/miks.
Theyll be lighter too by far and look sexier :)

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Yep gx brand it is! I have no hope of fitting air cleaners as it is. So some more clearance would be good.

Yeah okay is that a 'GX' Brand manifold, if so you could definitely save yourself another 10mm minimum 15mm max with the angled manifolds. Another way to get a little extra is to machine the flanges slightly, I guess you could even machine the carb flanges if you were really that tight for space but I think that may be a no,no. You could certainly gain another 5mm easy.

With small 13-15mm bellmouths on the carbs I have roughly 20-25 mm clearance.

Thanks Chris that would be great. If I can get this site to allow me to post a pci I can show how much clearance I have (or dont have).

Sure thing Troy,

I actually had them all lined up a day or two ago and the difference is definitely noticeable. Whether it gets them out of the way of the things in your FWD engine bay might be another question, they are definitely shorter and they definitely sit the carbs up higher (but still level).

Gimme a day or so to get the pictures up.

The other manifold to look out for is the Datsun Competition twin sidedraft one, that is fairly short. None of them were made to suit webers though as many of the used ones you come across have a slice taken from them for where the choke mechanism platform fouls with the manifold.......Mikuni's all the way I say, they fit better and run a diaphragm facet pump (end ramble).

Chris

Very nice Dattoman_1000 gives me and idea for one of the spare manifolds I have. Hey Cylons8 do you have any more pics of the short manifold???

Cut and shut
Thats how my injection manifold was made

Pretty sure Dundee has one too, might be worth shooting him a PM.