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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
Lindsay Kyle Racer
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<blockquote data-quote="Big Sid" data-source="post: 39709" data-attributes="member: 2781"><p>Sid here . On carb size chosen , it's again horses for courses . Too large , say 1/12 inch and you lose low through mid range torque , most important if road racing on a twisty course , and for street and road work . This size loses velocity through its choke down low , falling on its face as its called where a little smaller size , I used 1& 3/8s GP2s , pulls harder right through the full range . </p><p> I actually wrote to the Amal Competition Dept and discussed this subject and was advised just this way . And decades earlier I was often with the great Gold Star racer Tommy McDermott who warned of going too large . In later years I asked Dick Mann who concurred . </p><p> A new BSA Gold Star comes with a 1&1/2 inch TT but has a step down of 33 thou where the manifold meets the inlet port , Mann stated that it was fastest over a road course with this sharp step left in place tho many removed it thinking it would increase power . </p><p> Wrong . It did possibly pull a few more revs if this were done BUT only on very long pulls , but was slower over a twisty course , so losing races in most instances . This advice right from Mann , a prolific winner on Gold Stars . Bill Hoddinott was right beside me when Dick told me this golden nugget . </p><p> An interesting point , having a sharp edge where the manifold flange bolts to the head itself boosts torque . Experimented with this myself . I believe it skims the droplets off the manifold wall and knocks them into the center of the air column . Sid .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Big Sid, post: 39709, member: 2781"] Sid here . On carb size chosen , it's again horses for courses . Too large , say 1/12 inch and you lose low through mid range torque , most important if road racing on a twisty course , and for street and road work . This size loses velocity through its choke down low , falling on its face as its called where a little smaller size , I used 1& 3/8s GP2s , pulls harder right through the full range . I actually wrote to the Amal Competition Dept and discussed this subject and was advised just this way . And decades earlier I was often with the great Gold Star racer Tommy McDermott who warned of going too large . In later years I asked Dick Mann who concurred . A new BSA Gold Star comes with a 1&1/2 inch TT but has a step down of 33 thou where the manifold meets the inlet port , Mann stated that it was fastest over a road course with this sharp step left in place tho many removed it thinking it would increase power . Wrong . It did possibly pull a few more revs if this were done BUT only on very long pulls , but was slower over a twisty course , so losing races in most instances . This advice right from Mann , a prolific winner on Gold Stars . Bill Hoddinott was right beside me when Dick told me this golden nugget . An interesting point , having a sharp edge where the manifold flange bolts to the head itself boosts torque . Experimented with this myself . I believe it skims the droplets off the manifold wall and knocks them into the center of the air column . Sid . [/QUOTE]
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