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My new carbs

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3tcrob   +1y
Sorry Fellas this is the second time I was bidding on them the first time my max was 500 and the reserve was not met the second time I put it up to 600 and the guy e-mailed me told me his reserve was 700 I put my max at 750 so I would get them he ended it a little early for me.
700is still a smoking deal the manifold it 500 from LC and the carbs are at least another 5 and the filters are like 100 a set x2 so that is a smoking deal
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3tcrob   +1y

Both have there pros and cons, Mikunis are a pain to get tuned right but will hold it, Webers are easier to tune and will hold it as well, I know guys that have been running the same tune no rebuilds or anything on there Mikunis for the last 3 years no problems,
I was running Mikunis on my Toyota cause I paid only 100 for them and traded my 32/36 and Cause Mikunis were OE in Japan
nook   +1y
Thanks, I was just curious cause i,ve never seen much difference as the 4 different models are basically clones of each other. But true each has thier own mind when it comes to tuning and streetability. Seen people bolt them on thinking they are a bolt and go deal, with no clue as to tuning, only to pull them off and sell them because they are junk in their mind, thats a good thing for people who appreciate them and take the time to dial them in. The tuning does require some work too, lots of tinkering to make them a real streetable setup, little things like brakes, ignition advance, and the common pop pop in the intake. I like my Miki's
3tcrob   +1y

That is exactly how I got my Mikunis I had a 32/36 on my 1.8 and another guy had the 44's didnt take care of them or tune them He wanted my Weber downdraft So I swapped him straight up I rebuilt them and tuned the put a 2tg TRD dist on and a .510 lift cam and then went racing
nook   +1y
Thats cool, Its almost embarassing to tell stories like that, but thats how I got the setup in the picture I posted. Its been a good number of years back but a friend of a friend had bought an 81 Toy 4x4 with the dual carb setup, the engine was pretty tired and the carbs were totally untuned, he bought a different engine to install and wanted to sell the leftovers.
I went over to see what he was selling and right off noticed the carb set, at the time I really didn't need them but knew what they were worth, jokingly I asked what he wanted for them and he said he had absolutely no use for them so make an offer, just for fun I said I,d give him!!!! you ready for this? 50 bucks for the complete setup with K/N filters, linkage, ect. to my surprise he said it was mine and he would also throw in the header he removed. Damn!! Makes my wrist hurt just thinking about how fast I was able to get my wallet out. I did have to kit them, plus replace a few linkage parts but I figured I could spend a few bucks and still come out on the deal