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Location: XXX<-Portugal->Azores->Santa Maria (island)
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XT600E with MIKUNI single carb doable!
Hi all. A few of you might've read that I'm fitting a Mikuni BST40 carb on my 1990 XT600E..
Here is the deal.
IT is doable, BUT.. (HOLD your breath)
Parts needed:
Mikuni BST40 carburetor
Grizzly 600 2-1intake manifold. part number: 4WV-13586-00-00 (superseeded by 4WV-13586-01-00
TWO O-rings part number: 93210-36769-00 OR you can use your stock XT's stock manifolds O-rings that fit nicely.
Grizzly 660 JOINT, CARBURETOR part number: 5KM-13596-00-00
Two clamps to lock and hold the rubber boot in place.
Now you can stop holding your breath. lol
Rear shock has to be moved a little back about 40-50mm, a mount has to be made.
For the carb to fit in its place you have to CUT some metal on where I'll be pointing on the pictures give or take a little metal lol
Tomorrow a friend welder is comming here to do the work and advise me on what has to be and can be done and what has to be "reinforced"..
Location: XXX<-Portugal->Azores->Santa Maria (island)
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Lol hey
Notice at the shock location... it is exactly 55mm (center to center screws) towards the back of the frame on the small gap where the top of the air box holds onto the frame (two holes on a strip of metal that is welded onto both sides of the frame).
The shock, with my YZ250 front forks, is spot on with me on the bike lol! the seat height increases a bit matching the 5cm increase on the front and I like it lol
The kickstand will have to be increased by about 15cm guesstimate..I didn't actually measure it... or get a MX one with similar needed length that can be fitted..
Stock air box: I got to check if there is enough clearance for the rear shock but for now I can only say that it has to go back about 5cm from the top mounting holes...because of this the right seat plastic panel looses it's mounting hole..
Since I want to make a fiberglass airbox-battery-CDI (or TCI?) holder and a LowerMudguard-taillight/license plate holder I'm not really worried about the stock airbox..
The "worst" part of all this I guess will probably be finding the correct carb settings..
Location: XXX<-Portugal->Azores->Santa Maria (island)
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pictures pictures pictures
Found a simple, easy to do, short-term solution for the carb-to-airbox air duct.
As the name says, It is a very flexible Air Duct in aluminum type of foil but is not the most apropriate because it isn't smooth on the inside of this tube, it is "wrinkled" which will probably cause some air turbulence from the airbox to the carb.
I will try to either fit some high quality aluminum duct tape on the inside of the air duct OR will be making something somewhat more difficult but also interesting thing which is.........liquid resin or epoxy glue on the inside just enough to make it SMOOOOOTH
BTW, for the most curious, I will have the rear shock fitted and welded into the new position later tonight I hope!
Long Time and old thread. Just want to Say That I finally succeded and my XT is now equpped with a FCR 39 carb. This is in general what I did:
- removed old carb setup and airbox
- grinded out part of the frame as you did on your picture.
- relocated the rear shockmount approx. 6 cm back.
-altered the lower shockmount/linkarm to accomodate a ktm lc4 rear shock.
- fabricated a 2 in 1 manifold for the carb which is 4 cm shorter than the grizzly. Otherwise the carb would hit the starter.
Bottomline - the shit is working perfectly. Suspension is working and so is the fcr.
But my question would be: isn't Keihin FCR 35 dual carb setup (like the ones "Performance for raptor 660") better or the same like 39 single?
I don't know if they would fit an XT or not, but I think they should.
Cutting frame and changing place for shock? No this is to much, if bike is that bad in the beginning i recomend buying a KTM 75Hp, you will never get enough hp from the XT...
Actually it was just to Challenge myself as og it could be done. The lower rpm torgue has definately improved, but i'm not sure I have gained any hp.
Also i'm not sure I Can Call it a Yamaha anymore so now i'm calling it YamaKTM. Reason is this:
- Carb (fcr39) from a ktm exc 450
- rear shock from a ktm lc4
- rear wheel from a ktm lc4
- front fork is a 48mm WP USD from a ktm lc4
- front wheel with 300mm disc and Brembo caliper also from ktm lc4.
Also for me I like the simplicity of one carb in terms tuning and adjusting
Actually it was just to Challenge myself as og it could be done. The lower rpm torgue has definately improved, but i'm not sure I have gained any hp.
Also i'm not sure I Can Call it a Yamaha anymore so now i'm calling it YamaKTM. Reason is this:
- Carb (fcr39) from a ktm exc 450
- rear shock from a ktm lc4
- rear wheel from a ktm lc4
- front fork is a 48mm WP USD from a ktm lc4
- front wheel with 300mm disc and Brembo caliper also from ktm lc4.
Also for me I like the simplicity of one carb in terms tuning and adjusting
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I think your manifold and the Carb is too small... will check it further(I think I did the same mistake) but it has to do with cccm (cubic cm per min) and the flow of the intake into the engine... will check the cccm from the guy who made me my handmade exhaust... he was at school with me and I remember he had a book with all that equations about flow etc
I've just got a dellorto phm 38mm with the cables and the throttle just so I can convert mine too... I have ordered a grizzly manifold from eBay and I'm anxiously waiting for the part to come to Greece so I can do that too... I'm not gonna cut the frame though... I'm gonna put a high flow tube with a conic air filter that's gonna go around the rear suspension... will that work?
Problem with the grizzly manifold is That in conjunction with the fcr, there is not enough space above the e-starter yet at the frame even when it's been trimmed. That's why I hat to make my own. Works like a charm. If you are using a BST or a PHM carb there might be enough space, but I can't see how you Will be able to accomodate the air inlet tube without moving the rear schock Mount backwards.
just measured the measurements with a ruler... unfortunatelly i don't have a caliper so i can properly measure it accuratelly... everything was measured with a ruler lol.... if any one has some additional info i will gladly redesign the whole thing... next week i will even upload it in a solidworks format as a 3d part...
vando and u were an ispiration... thanks guys...
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Originally Posted by Svaneberg
Problem with the grizzly manifold is That in conjunction with the fcr, there is not enough space above the e-starter yet at the frame even when it's been trimmed. That's why I hat to make my own. Works like a charm. If you are using a BST or a PHM carb there might be enough space, but I can't see how you Will be able to accomodate the air inlet tube without moving the rear schock Mount backwards.
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