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and then there was all the poison the government added to ethanol during prohibition to scare people away from moonshine!
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how about dem cubbies
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2016!
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The question is not how much time do you have, it is what you do with the time that you have Gandalf
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ClutchnThrottle1305 wrote:But I'm the new guy.

I have a vw with an opposed 4 motor that runs off a single carb and I've seen it done on this bikes on line. I know it would be easier not to have to sink stock carbs. I'd like to get everyone's take on this topic and reasons if I could.

Thanks again...Clutch
looks like a bottom line comment that explains gw scc best, and applies to this day

from ~ 2010 (easy goog*)
*it has always been the hope there would be a bolt on plugnplay set up*

CC had one back in the late seventies or about and CI produced one and then went out of business. And there have been many others who have built theirs not so help with an itch,.. but out of being tired of or spending so much money on the Oems so they tried another way
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Doing any conversion like the one with the alt. conversion was not a plug n play, it took patience, tinkering, and the will to succed not matter what one said about it.
so it comes down to starting with knowns (to work) easily trumps starting with mostly unknowns, for most

and also trumps the simplicity argument,

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CYBORG wrote:Some years ago I decided to bite the bullet, and try and understand the goldwing carbs. After I got over that hurdle the carbs became much easier to understand and to work on. Since then I don't see them as a mystery. And I find that a good set of stock carbs work very well, and as intended
In italics say's it best, and say's it very well.
Thus far, understanding the application of heat is fully misunderstood.
Until that issue is overcome, this topic will always be controversial.
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the application of heat, is only a non stock carb issue, the misunderstanding is actually 2 opposing views in the scc camp, one side sez irrelevant, the other sez must use,

there are also potential carb icing issues that come into the picture with scc setups that, from what i've seen at least, haven't been covered much,

there is no controversy in these areas with stock carb users, the controversies are all with the scc players, or at least the vocal ones,

pro stock carb users prob mostly could care less about general or never ending ongoing issues or differences in the scc camp,

the topic is mostly controversial cos the scc folks mainly slam stock carbs & at the same time don't even have a setup good to go yet, that has been duplicated easily by others

big talk no walk (or very few results) = tune out for most,

then slamming folks who provide both the goods and service, all easily verifiable on the net, no less, good luck to all with that theme, in promoting anything, let alone even showing results

scc has shown nothing other than being a fringe option for very few
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I have come to believe that people do what they understand, and are comfortable with when it comes to fuel systems. It becomes a balance between knowledge, and money. Huge improvements over stock have been achieved in ignition systems, and because of the hard work of a few, many have been able to install new systems that work right out of the box. Not so with carbs. FI conversions work.....but are not cheap to piece together, and require some knowledge to piece together the parts needed. No complete kits available. If you build it will they come? hard to say. Single carbs, duel single carbs, two barrel carbs, four barrel carbs, have all been done by a few, but again no kits available at a reasonable price , that are bolt on and go. I, along with others are waiting. So what is left is a system that was developed by the factory, and came stock with the bikes. If you understand them, they are hard to beat in reliability and performance. If you understand them, they are, and can be amazing.....and they are bolt and go. And are priced right.
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I agree. Which translates to more time for other issues
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82aspy wrote:the application of heat, is only a non stock carb issue, the misunderstanding is actually 2 opposing views in the scc camp, one side sez irrelevant, the other sez must use,

there are also potential carb icing issues that come into the picture with scc setups that, from what i've seen at least, haven't been covered much,

there is no controversy in these areas with stock carb users, the controversies are all with the scc players, or at least the vocal ones,

pro stock carb users prob mostly could care less about general or never ending ongoing issues or differences in the scc camp,

the topic is mostly controversial cos the scc folks mainly slam stock carbs & at the same time don't even have a setup good to go yet, that has been duplicated easily by others

big talk no walk (or very few results) = tune out for most,

then slamming folks who provide both the goods and service, all easily verifiable on the net, no less, good luck to all with that theme, in promoting anything, let alone even showing results

scc has shown nothing other than being a fringe option for very few
Aren't the factory elbow's heated for a reason?
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how are the elbows heated?
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CYBORG wrote:I have come to believe that people do what they understand, and are comfortable with when it comes to fuel systems. It becomes a balance between knowledge, and money. Huge improvements over stock have been achieved in ignition systems, and because of the hard work of a few, many have been able to install new systems that work right out of the box. Not so with carbs. FI conversions work.....but are not cheap to piece together, and require some knowledge to piece together the parts needed. No complete kits available. If you build it will they come? hard to say. Single carbs, duel single carbs, two barrel carbs, four barrel carbs, have all been done by a few, but again no kits available at a reasonable price , that are bolt on and go. I, along with others are waiting. So what is left is a system that was developed by the factory, and came stock with the bikes. If you understand them, they are hard to beat in reliability and performance. If you understand them, they are, and can be amazing.....and they are bolt and go. And are priced right.
I fully agree with all point's!

I've been verbalizing, with emphasis, many of your point's for quite a while now, concluding as most do; one should have their factory rack rebuilt. Not because a conversion won't work, but because most won't have the resources to make a conversion work right.

The elbow's are heated by direct contact with the cylinder head's, by Honda's design, correct?
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Your right. Had not thought about that. The use of an "O" ring allows direct metal to metal contact, and heat transfer
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The elbows warm up very fast too. In conditions where the dew point is close to the air temperature, they sure produce plenty of water on the outside of the runners. Not sure if it's the same on the inside, but if it is, I think longer runners would have more trouble?? Honda sure went to a lot of trouble on the 1500 to combat all the negatives. The runners on the 1500 are pretty long, but they're one piece, and their "extras" are as complicated or more than EFI.
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ericheath wrote:The elbows warm up very fast too. In conditions where the dew point is close to the air temperature, they sure produce plenty of water on the outside of the runners. Not sure if it's the same on the inside, but if it is, I think longer runners would have more trouble?? Honda sure went to a lot of trouble on the 1500 to combat all the negatives. The runners on the 1500 are pretty long, but they're one piece, and their "extras" are as complicated or more than EFI.
Could not the italicized be a issue of perspective that reinforces Cyborg's "biting the bullet" view?
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