wow, I switched to injection, but some of these look like they have alot of work into them, I remember working on my nikki.

 

my faves the one with the 9mm bolt covers . ill post some of mine this weekend i plan on cleaning it out

 

dont want to start a new thread but who rebuilds nikki carbs nowadays?

 

I have a question about the Nikki carb.
Is it better to modify a Nikki or buy a 48mm Weber?

And to stay on topic here are some pics of a Nikki rebuilt?

 

Fblive if your talking about mine I cut down my own rifle rounds with a brass pipe cutting tool. Im known for doing it and I figured I might as well on this project. Some screws arent the ones that will stay so I havent covered those yet. And with work I have found these carbs can push some power for little money compared to a completely different situp.

 

Hahaha, I pretty sure that's the Sterlingcarb I built for Stu from a NOS carb he bought on ebay. I didn't want to mod it cause it looked like it should have been in a museum. Custom build to look totally stock. And externally it does except for one thing.

 

Spill! What's that one thing?
And yeah these pictures were posted a way long time ago by stu, I just kept them around. It's beautiful.

 

Haha, let's see if anyone can guess. I'll give you all a week.

Yea I also ported and powdercoated the manifold.

 

Extension arm on the accelerator pump linkage?

 

good God ... none of my rebuilds look that pretty when done.

 

Alright, I'll play your game.
Everything looks like it's in the right place and just a standard rebuild. So what you've done is most likely hidden.
My guess is that you modified the spring in the diaphragm to have the secondaries open up faster.

 

Winnar!!!!

Dammit Jamie, give them a chance man!

 

Oh there's a LOT of hidden internal mods on that carb. IIRC that is setup for mechanical secondaries, but don't quote me.

 

Come on man spill the secrets contained in that carburetor.

 

Just checking in to see if anyone else has pics to add in. I may rebuild another one of my carbs sooner than expected for fun. I have a few ideas id like to try but also want to do a sterling copy.

 

I have some more. These again are not mine.
4 of the pictures are of the same carburetor.

 

Nice pics in here.

 

Jaimie how'd you do the finishes on your Nikki? And how are they holding up? How does the carb perform?

That thing is beyond beautiful, thanks for the inspirational pictures.

 

Anybody have a pic of the venturis. Really want to see how your supposed to trim the tube itself (down to the little hole. I did 1 out of four as the directions said and i think i already regret it. Or how a sterling carb one looked. It just looks like it would cause so much turbulence that i dont see how it would work.

 

Scratch that. Im an idiot and should have slept more last night.

 

That looks so good man, excellent finish.

 

Sterling





Sterling, the big side





The whole thing.

 

Heres my newest nikki that i just finished up 15min ago. Stripped filled and massaged over. Powdercoated by kc repu. There was a couple parts that were forgotten that hopefully i can get powdercoated. Enjoy...

 

And some more.

 

That's a real beauty. Nice work.