Here is my question of the day... This is a mikuni 44phh the guy is selling it for 300 Canadian and it does not have a filter or air horns so I am kinda hesitant. He also will only take a money order and won't accept paypal... What do you guys think? Heres a couple pictures of the setup, do you guys think it would be hard to sandblast/powdercoat this setup or something? It looks kinda old and stuff, also notice the one butterfly looks to be deteriated...

Thanks

 

Well, $300 sound a little high, but it does come with a rusted out OMP, so that might be a hell of a deal!! (just kidding)

In all seriousness, I wouldn't think the slight corrosion on the butterfly will cause any problems. You could polish that up a bit, but it's on the downstream side, so shouldn't affect performance at all. The manifold looks in good condition and has the brake booster vacuum lead, so looks like a bolt-on installation.

The airbox is available from Racing Beat for less than $100, so I wouldn't make that a limitation on the purchase, either. If you have a 4-port 12a and can tune a carb, I would think this would add a lot of horsepower for not much money. The problem will be tuning it and finding parts if you can't get it tuned and running with what it's got.

Good luck,

 

perhaps im blind or something, I can't see where the air box is on racingbeat's website... Could you give me a link if you have time? thanks

 

Bottom of page. Fits weber, mikuni, dellorto....

http://www.zcarparts.com/store/merch...ry_Code=PFFC10

PS- you should find the horns too.
Edit- look here under air funnels Description ID 33
http://www.wolfcreekracing.com/Mikuni1.html

 

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hahaha i'm funny seriously though 300 CANADIAN is a good price..

 

how about the whole money order thing? No one has said anything about this yet..

 

Bang for the buck it is a good deal. With that carb/manifold setup and your Rb exhaust you will be putting out 142hp. I have the factory manual for that and the
specs for jetting for the 12a. there are still many parts available for the mikunis.
www.rebelloracing.com in Ca is one and i know there are others. It is a very simple carb in design and has great throttle response. Even keeping your foot out of it on highway driving i used to get 22-24mpg. rx7doctor

 

thats because ur a senior citizen and loves to drive 15 mph below the speed limit...in the fast lane.

 

Before eBay, that's how transactions were completed. It's always buyer beware, even now.

The mikuni is a fun carb, very simple to work on, and a good upgrade. If it would support a bridgeport, I would still be using it instead of the holley I have.

 

There's a complete clean Mikuni setup in the for sale section.

 

I would get it for $300cdn. Just by a rebuild kit and clean it. Mikuni's run good. I even got better Highway gas mileage with it.

 

$500 USD though. Big difference in price.

 

The guy selling this sold me a holley for $200. I thought the price was steep and the carb looked very old. I tested iy on my buddies streetported 13b and it worked flawlessly, much better then his new out of the box $400 holley in need of tuning parts to get it to this point. This is going on a camden project and it has run well on a previous camden before. Sooooo, I got a deal. This guy also sold my buddy a used 13b streetport "he" rebuilt years ago, (owner smashed the car up) and this engine revv'ed beautifully with a nice wide powerband. This mikuni setup came off "that" engine, my buddy (silly fool) didn't buy it becasue he wanted to try and run efi and went holley in the end instead. I would say "buy it" and you can definitely trust him.

 

If Dan opts out- I'd be serious about getting it.

 

awesome just the information I was looking for!

 

ill let you guys know how it turns out but it looks like ill go ahead since I now know that the seller is reputable.

 

I'd say do it as long as you have no more than a street ported 12A. Mine is not quite enough for a ported 13B...yet.

 

Affirmative on that. I had a 44 on a street ported 13B and it didn't quite cut the mustard. I would have loved to have had a Weber IDA on that set-up.

 

Here is another source for the filter, they may have a greater selection.

http://www.piercemanifolds.com/airfilters.htm

 

^^^ any idea what one is for the mikuni 44phh though?

 

Really- go to one of the websites that were posted that still sell Mikuni parts (like the wolfcreekracing one I posted) and ask them. A lot of it will depend on the size of the stacks you opt for- lower stacks and you can get away with a lower profile assembly, taller stacks you need a deeper assembly. Basically any K&N assembly that will work for a DCOE will work for a Mikuni. You may need to make your own gasket and possibly drill your own mounting holes, but it will work. Just be mindful of the clearances to the alternator and engine housings- that's all.