Lauri Lehtinen wrote:
>
> Serg Dimario wrote:
>
> >My old 65' Triumph TR4 had dual 175CD's on it similar setup to the
> >Alpine. My friend had a Series V at the time and the only difference I
> >saw between the 150 and 175 is that the 175 is a little taller. Although
> >we did not measure it the bolt pattern seemed to match. Wouldn't these
> >be too much carb for a stock Alpine?
> >
> >Serg
>
> I quess yes. If factory have calculated 150 is enough, then it is. Engine
> can swallow only known amount of mixture, and bigger carb gives it with let
> us say 7/8 throttle. That final 1/8 is useless.
>
> Funny thing, if you replace single carb with two, you must use same
> diameter throttles? At least with brit twin bikes.
>
> Lauri
Now I don't understand that.......why wouldn't you split the diameter
between the two new carbs? I don't get it....of course, I'm not a
physics major, I'm not even a private.
Serg
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