WTB: Genuine 22mm Mikuni + Other Parts

[JTSpeedDemon]

I'm in the market for a genuine Mikuni 22mm carburetor, I'm planning to make my own intake runner, but I want one of the real ones. Note that I'd be willing to buy a Chinese one in the meantime, but I'd pay a pretty low price.

Other things I'm interested in: Briggs stock length ARC billet con rods, 3.875" eye to eye

Longshot, but I'm also interested in an adjustable coil bracket for a Briggs, like this one(for science): https://www.dynocams.com/item/jr-6733/

 

[Smerft85]

Have no clue what size they are, but I have at least 4 mikuni carbs, two are from a 93 Suzuki vs800, and the other two are from a liquid cooled artic cat 440, if you can find out somehow what they ran stock I'd sell them if they are right.

 

[JTSpeedDemon]

Got a caliper to measure the throats?

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Know what year that Arctic Cat was?

 

[Smerft85]

Got a caliper to measure the throats?

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Know what year that Arctic Cat was?

No clue on the artic cat, got two engines without the sleds and still have the one left, I'll run a caliper on them for you, wasn't sure how they were measured.

 

[JTSpeedDemon]

Thanks, I suspect they'll be too big, but it's worth a shot.

 

[Smerft85]

Your suspicion is correct, they are all 35mm.

 

[JTSpeedDemon]

Ok, thanks for checking though!

 

[JTSpeedDemon]

I'm still looking!

 

[JTSpeedDemon]

I could be getting a slide carb within a few weeks here, so if anyone has any alternate solutions for the intake adapter for a Briggs, that'd be great. I will probably end up welding up my own intake, but I'll avoid it if possible.

 

[Budget GoKart]

Hey jt i put a 19mm chinese slide carb on a briggs i straight up couldnt get it to stay running any suspiscion why?

 

[JTSpeedDemon]

Probably way out of tune, IDK.

 

[txluke]

https://youtu.be/FTHKUWF7MaM

I have used chinese and genuine mikuni. Get either.

 

[JTSpeedDemon]

Yeah I actually was researching yesterday, and my main thing that made me want the genuine Mikunis was parts support. Well little did I know there aren't really rebuild kits out there that I could find. but there ARE rebuild kits for the Keihin! So that's what I settled on, it'll be cheaper, and should work just as well.

Plus, now that I know the carb causes the kart to die out on certain angles, it can't get much worse! This is an essential part of me testing ignition timing theories soon, I need a reliable carburetor first.
Eventually I think I'll play around with some of the sweet looking PWK slide carbs (black&red, iridescent), but for now I'll stick with the widely used Keihin. Plus if for some reason my supercharged idea literally backfires, it won't be as expensive to replace.

 

[bob58o]

PWK is Keihin.
Knockoffs of Keihin PWK carbs are available in all sorts of colors.

I get knockoffs for 20-25 bucks, depending on where it ships from. I wouldn't pay more than $30 for a knockoff of any color.

 

[JTSpeedDemon]

Yeah but the small body rebuild kits don’t look like they would work on a PWK, so I’m going for the commonly used one from GoPowerSports.

 

[bob58o]

What is this widely and commonly used Keihin carb used offered by GPS?

 

[JTSpeedDemon]

IDK really. Research says Keihin proper is a Japanese company, but the market is so infested with knockoffs it's impossible to tell. I think I once heard that the GPS ones are Keihin, but no one really knows. What I do know is that a lot of people have had success with them, so I'll start with that and get more adventurous later.

 

[bob58o]

As far as I know, GPS doesn't sell any Keihin carbs. They sell Mikuni (Japanese) and Mikuni knockoffs (Chinese). The cheap and common one sold by GPS is a Chinese knockoff of a Mikuni VM22 carb. The VM22 style carb has a flange mount and is a round slide carb..

eBay, Amazon, AliExpress,... have plenty of cheap Chinese made knockoffs of PWK carbs as well. A true PWK carb is made by Keihin (Japanese). I think true PWK only come in as small as 28mm (but don't hold me to that), but the knockoffs I've seen as low as 19mm. The PWK style carbs have a spigot mount and have semi flat (D shaped) slides.

GPS also sells Mikuni flat slide carbs. TM series I think. Those also have a spigot style mount.

 

[lil_red_wagon]

are you still looking?

 

[JTSpeedDemon]

Actually no, I ended up going with a Tillotson pumper carb.
Why do you ask? Do you have one?