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11-20-03, 02:55 PM
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Yaw Power
Has anyone ever contacted the guy at Yaw Power. I have been trying to talk that guy. I have tried email messages with no answer.
Also has anyone installed one of his modified nikki carbs???
Thanks for the feedback
David
Also has anyone installed one of his modified nikki carbs???
Thanks for the feedback
David
11-20-03, 04:42 PM
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Yeah, at least you can get ahold of Sterling or RX7Carl. Paul Yaw is focused on the RX-8 right now, I wouldn't be surprised if he stops making his race carbs altogether.
11-20-03, 07:19 PM
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We do everything Yaw does to his carbs, plus a little more.
Carl flows them on his bench so CFM is confirmed, but no dyno runs yet.
The SterlingCarb flows 430 cfm. Stock flows about 325 or less.
The fuel delivery requirements are the same as Yaws.
The price is your core carb, $300 for the mods, and $20 for S&H.
I offer a 30 day money back warrantee.
The carbs come back bling-bling clean (bead blasted mainbody), all new Hygrade brand gaskets, aluminum crush washers and genuine Holley fuel and air jets.
Mods are too many to list. Feel free to email me.
320 bucks is more than Yaws, but we do more, follow up by emailing you (that's right...we email you), and give a thirty day warrantee (2 conditions...I have 60 days to return your money [all of it] and original core carb, and you have to mail me a note stating why you want a refund).
I gaurantee that the thirty bucks more than Yaw is way justified in just the extra mods we do.
Carl flows them on his bench so CFM is confirmed, but no dyno runs yet.
The SterlingCarb flows 430 cfm. Stock flows about 325 or less.
The fuel delivery requirements are the same as Yaws.
The price is your core carb, $300 for the mods, and $20 for S&H.
I offer a 30 day money back warrantee.
The carbs come back bling-bling clean (bead blasted mainbody), all new Hygrade brand gaskets, aluminum crush washers and genuine Holley fuel and air jets.
Mods are too many to list. Feel free to email me.
320 bucks is more than Yaws, but we do more, follow up by emailing you (that's right...we email you), and give a thirty day warrantee (2 conditions...I have 60 days to return your money [all of it] and original core carb, and you have to mail me a note stating why you want a refund).
I gaurantee that the thirty bucks more than Yaw is way justified in just the extra mods we do.
11-20-03, 07:25 PM
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But do you have an emissions-legal variant of the S/C SuperCarb?
And Yaw simply doesn't answer Email. You have to spend the dime and call his place and hope you catch him...
And Yaw simply doesn't answer Email. You have to spend the dime and call his place and hope you catch him...
11-20-03, 07:43 PM
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Mario we're WORKIN' ON IT!!! Gueeeeeze!
Listen, when we get one to pass emmisions, we will tell you before anyone else! We'll call it Marios E-Legal Carb!
Right now, I got a dozen people asking about boosted applications, so get in the back seat with your E-Legal self!
Listen, when we get one to pass emmisions, we will tell you before anyone else! We'll call it Marios E-Legal Carb!
Right now, I got a dozen people asking about boosted applications, so get in the back seat with your E-Legal self!
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11-20-03, 08:27 PM
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Havent forgotten about you Mario. PM one of us, we been kickin around the ideas. You gotta be willing to be the mule. 
The reason we got into this is because of Mr. Yaws lack of support and un availibility on the phone or email. Before I ventured down this long road I contacted him about doing a carb for me. After a while I got an email, and a phone number. Called it several times over the course of months and not only did I get only the answering machine, but he NEVER called me back. So, years later here we are. Sterling and I, building carbs, and Yaw STILL hasnt called me back, guess he doesnt care much about this anymore.
The reason we got into this is because of Mr. Yaws lack of support and un availibility on the phone or email. Before I ventured down this long road I contacted him about doing a carb for me. After a while I got an email, and a phone number. Called it several times over the course of months and not only did I get only the answering machine, but he NEVER called me back. So, years later here we are. Sterling and I, building carbs, and Yaw STILL hasnt called me back, guess he doesnt care much about this anymore.
11-21-03, 08:13 AM
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Mario my responce to you looks alot more raggy at second glance...sorry, I was just kidding. Did'nt mean to spin it quite like that.
The thing about the E-legal carb is that I don't yet have a way of testing it. I would have to buy a sniffer, I guess. I would have to wiegh the cost of one to the cost of giving away prototypes to test-willing customers at discount until I get it right.
That could take 20 tries! I don't really expect it would, but what if it does?
Then when it's finally figured out I have an obligation to retrofit the test carbs with the correct set-up for free.
The Mario- E-Legal carb could be our most expensive R&D so far.
Even after the carb is figured out, how would I warrantee/gaurantee it? I can't be sure if the carb failed a persons E-test or if it was a leak in their rats nest.
The testers would have to pop the fee for each test, and buy a carb that I can't gaurantee anything more than a great rebuild job.
I'll do it- because the whole point behind my modding Nikkis is to offer a low-cost performance alternative to try to include EVERYONE with an Rx-7, but I will certainly need help.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
We've got to build what people want, afterall!
The thing about the E-legal carb is that I don't yet have a way of testing it. I would have to buy a sniffer, I guess. I would have to wiegh the cost of one to the cost of giving away prototypes to test-willing customers at discount until I get it right.
That could take 20 tries! I don't really expect it would, but what if it does?
Then when it's finally figured out I have an obligation to retrofit the test carbs with the correct set-up for free.
The Mario- E-Legal carb could be our most expensive R&D so far.
Even after the carb is figured out, how would I warrantee/gaurantee it? I can't be sure if the carb failed a persons E-test or if it was a leak in their rats nest.
The testers would have to pop the fee for each test, and buy a carb that I can't gaurantee anything more than a great rebuild job.
I'll do it- because the whole point behind my modding Nikkis is to offer a low-cost performance alternative to try to include EVERYONE with an Rx-7, but I will certainly need help.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
We've got to build what people want, afterall!
11-21-03, 09:28 PM
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Originally posted by Sterling
Right now, I got a dozen people asking about boosted applications, so get in the back seat with your E-Legal self!
Right now, I got a dozen people asking about boosted applications, so get in the back seat with your E-Legal self!
PM me where it has to go...you or carl...thanks...
11-22-03, 02:37 PM
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Paul Yaw is a dick when it comes to customer service...
Sterling, question...
Do you and Carl build carbs however people want them? Because you mention how you do all these mods, but for the SCCA scene, there are rules. A fully modded carb isnt legal for the class.
Sterling, question...
Do you and Carl build carbs however people want them? Because you mention how you do all these mods, but for the SCCA scene, there are rules. A fully modded carb isnt legal for the class.
11-22-03, 04:59 PM
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Eric, Im building my prototype ITA carb as we speak, hopefully in a couple of months Ill get to an EP carb and manny. We will build them to what ever spec you need, street or race.
11-22-03, 05:02 PM
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Has anyone ever contacted the guy at Yaw Power. I have been trying to talk that guy. I have tried email messages with no answer.
Also has anyone installed one of his modified nikki carbs???
Thanks for the feedback
David
Has anyone ever contacted the guy at Yaw Power. I have been trying to talk that guy. I have tried email messages with no answer.
Also has anyone installed one of his modified nikki carbs???
Thanks for the feedback
David
11-23-03, 05:54 AM
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Depending on what I find I have to do to make them boostable we'll either make all of them that way or we'll have a seperate model just for it.
11-23-03, 08:16 AM
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Sterling, question...
Do you and Carl build carbs however people want them? Because you mention how you do all these mods, but for the SCCA scene, there are rules. A fully modded carb isnt legal for the class.
Sterling, question...
Do you and Carl build carbs however people want them? Because you mention how you do all these mods, but for the SCCA scene, there are rules. A fully modded carb isnt legal for the class.
maybe not legal for spec-7, but if you're runnin' CSP in Solo II you can do whatever you want on the induction side... I literally have the money sitting to the side, waiting to hear from Paul Yaw about a Super Street carb... Do you guys go that far with your carbs? If so, I'll send you money and a carb right now!!!
Dan
11-23-03, 09:34 AM
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Yes, I am aware of the CSP rules. I won my regional championship in CSP back in 99. Yes an upgraded fuel pump and reg are necessary to get the most out of it.
Yes an upgraded fuel pump and reg are necessary to get the most out of it.
11-23-03, 09:41 AM
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dam shame i dont run a nikki on anything anymore.... if you guys could have started dointhis when i was runnin my drawlthru, you could have had my money. just dont get a bad name like some people..........THIEF!
11-23-03, 05:59 PM
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Pictures and specs of all the models we offer will be on each of our websites. Mine is'nt up yet, and I'm tired of saying when it will be up and then not getting it done in time.
-I dunno when the hell it'll be up!
Some specific details we choose not to disclose, but general specs are no secret.
Carls hesitation is due to the fact that we are currently working on a new idea. Both of us are reluctant to spill all the beans untill we've worked everything out, and can offer PROOF that this delivers what we say. As soon as you start making eyebrow-raising claims, people want to see some kind of proof (rightfully so).
-Right now the only thing we can actually prove, and therefore gaurantee, is that the Sterling Carb flows at least as much or more than Paul Yaws Street carb. At last test, it flowed 429 cfm.
I'm making some changes, and we're shooting for more. -Can't say how much more, though. There's a point where there is a perfect compromise between flow and vaccum signal to the main circuit. After that point, the more flow you achieve, the more you compromise the signal to the main circuit.
It does no good to be able to flow 465 cfm if the velocity is so slow that no fuel gets sucked out.
With each new hurdle and increase in flow, we have to reconfigure the baseline jetting. This can't be mathmatically calculated.(...at least not by us!) So the carb has to be driven and dialed in each time. This takes alot of time. Carl's got the flowbench, and I'm making the changes to the Sterling Carb model (my personal baby). I send things down to Carl for testing, and he squeezes them into his schedule. (He's working on a bunch of other stuff at the same time.)
He sends the **** back...I gotta rebuild it...install it...tune it...drive it...
-we both have full time jobs, as well.
None of this is happening as fast as Carl or I would like it to, but it is definitely happening.
I'm hoping that we get the new "secret sauce" all figured out and proveable at about the same time I can open my website up.
As far as Paul Yaw, I don't like to crap on the man. His business took him to the Rx-8, so he's virtually unavailable for FBers' needs now. But the thing is, his carburetor and webpages filled will great material inspired me to modify my own Nikki carburetors. Then his absence combined with forum members pestering me inspired me to start modding for sale to others.
I've talked with Paul Yaw and have had numerous email conversations with him way back when he was "in touch" with the FB guys. He's very nice, and he does good work. I even emailed him to tell him that I was going to start modding carbs for sale - out of respect.
He was'nt all that happy about it, but then again not all that bothered, either.
Carl and I conversed for months before we decided to announce our intentions because we wanted to make certain that we did not make the same mistake that Paul Yaw made with the 1rst gen crowd. We decided to stress our intention to answer each and every email, and offer unlimited aftermarket support. Hell- I even offer a money-back warrantee on the Sterling Carb.
If you don't like the ****** thing, send it back! I'll give you your old carb and your money back.
How generous can we try to be with ourselves? It should be known by all that the reason we do this is because the mob is fickle indeed.
Paul Yaw used to be talked about with the utmost respect for his knowledge and his products. Now he's talked about with scorn.
God help us if we **** up because Carl and I love the Rx-7 FB! If we end up being talked about around here the way you all talk about Yaw, well that'll be just no fun t'all!
-I dunno when the hell it'll be up!
Some specific details we choose not to disclose, but general specs are no secret.
Carls hesitation is due to the fact that we are currently working on a new idea. Both of us are reluctant to spill all the beans untill we've worked everything out, and can offer PROOF that this delivers what we say. As soon as you start making eyebrow-raising claims, people want to see some kind of proof (rightfully so).
-Right now the only thing we can actually prove, and therefore gaurantee, is that the Sterling Carb flows at least as much or more than Paul Yaws Street carb. At last test, it flowed 429 cfm.
I'm making some changes, and we're shooting for more. -Can't say how much more, though. There's a point where there is a perfect compromise between flow and vaccum signal to the main circuit. After that point, the more flow you achieve, the more you compromise the signal to the main circuit.
It does no good to be able to flow 465 cfm if the velocity is so slow that no fuel gets sucked out.
With each new hurdle and increase in flow, we have to reconfigure the baseline jetting. This can't be mathmatically calculated.(...at least not by us!) So the carb has to be driven and dialed in each time. This takes alot of time. Carl's got the flowbench, and I'm making the changes to the Sterling Carb model (my personal baby). I send things down to Carl for testing, and he squeezes them into his schedule. (He's working on a bunch of other stuff at the same time.)
He sends the **** back...I gotta rebuild it...install it...tune it...drive it...
-we both have full time jobs, as well.
None of this is happening as fast as Carl or I would like it to, but it is definitely happening.
I'm hoping that we get the new "secret sauce" all figured out and proveable at about the same time I can open my website up.
As far as Paul Yaw, I don't like to crap on the man. His business took him to the Rx-8, so he's virtually unavailable for FBers' needs now. But the thing is, his carburetor and webpages filled will great material inspired me to modify my own Nikki carburetors. Then his absence combined with forum members pestering me inspired me to start modding for sale to others.
I've talked with Paul Yaw and have had numerous email conversations with him way back when he was "in touch" with the FB guys. He's very nice, and he does good work. I even emailed him to tell him that I was going to start modding carbs for sale - out of respect.
He was'nt all that happy about it, but then again not all that bothered, either.
Carl and I conversed for months before we decided to announce our intentions because we wanted to make certain that we did not make the same mistake that Paul Yaw made with the 1rst gen crowd. We decided to stress our intention to answer each and every email, and offer unlimited aftermarket support. Hell- I even offer a money-back warrantee on the Sterling Carb.
If you don't like the ****** thing, send it back! I'll give you your old carb and your money back.
How generous can we try to be with ourselves? It should be known by all that the reason we do this is because the mob is fickle indeed.
Paul Yaw used to be talked about with the utmost respect for his knowledge and his products. Now he's talked about with scorn.
God help us if we **** up because Carl and I love the Rx-7 FB! If we end up being talked about around here the way you all talk about Yaw, well that'll be just no fun t'all!