Carb Upgrade?
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I was thinking of changing my CV carb to a Mikuni 42mm carb. What I am looking for is more torque! Currently, I have a stage one with Vance & Hines Longshots (HS) pipes on it. The bikes sounds good but I would like to get a little more torque out of it... The bike is a 06 Heritage Softail 88B... Any suggestions??
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the cv carb is a realy good carb.unless your pushing 100cu. inches or more its not worth it
cv carbs are simple to tune and rebuild.mikuni or s&s are very picky.i had bought a mikuni 42
and it drove me bannanas constantly tweaking it.I found this website through the forum and put
my cv back on www.harley-performance.com. they have a realy good rebuild kit i used and i have
better response than my mikuni had. or you could check out ron trocks high performance cv carbs he builds them for racing and such.he doesnt have a website though.but you find some info
on the web about him. www.bikernet.com had a recent article on his cv carbs.
cv carbs are simple to tune and rebuild.mikuni or s&s are very picky.i had bought a mikuni 42
and it drove me bannanas constantly tweaking it.I found this website through the forum and put
my cv back on www.harley-performance.com. they have a realy good rebuild kit i used and i have
better response than my mikuni had. or you could check out ron trocks high performance cv carbs he builds them for racing and such.he doesnt have a website though.but you find some info
on the web about him. www.bikernet.com had a recent article on his cv carbs.
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http://www.revperf.com/twin.aspx?action=carbFuel
Check out the Wood's CV carbs if you want a CV but if you buy a Mukuni it will serve you better if you have it tuned by a very good dyno tech. then dont mess w/ it after he gets it tuned you will just sctew it up and he will have to go through the same process again.
Check out the Wood's CV carbs if you want a CV but if you buy a Mukuni it will serve you better if you have it tuned by a very good dyno tech. then dont mess w/ it after he gets it tuned you will just sctew it up and he will have to go through the same process again.
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I went from a stock CV to Mikuni HSR 42.
Throttle response much better. Ran much better in cold. I was happy with it. Also if you plan to upgrade to 95 someday, HSR 42 works well with this.
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Throttle response much better. Ran much better in cold. I was happy with it. Also if you plan to upgrade to 95 someday, HSR 42 works well with this.
MHO
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