take in intakes
the latest advances in vespa technology, perhaps. i’ve got it to start so far, but ran out of time. tuning next.
a mikuni 24mm carburetor, or it could be an oko if i want. an oko is cheaper and should work about the same. the quality of construction, casting, bolts and other parts are inferior on the oko, you’ve got to have a steady hand and a gentle touch to use an oko, or it will strip out and crumble apart on you. a mikuni is so much nicer. its a real carburetor. made from real materials. getting an oko is like buying a tool from a 99 cent store. it’ll get the job done, for cheap. but it won’t be like working in jimmy’s garage.
so i trimmed and drilled some holes on the italkit derbi gilardoni whatever reed block to fit on the simonini side cover. the opening is actually about the same size. so now it’s got the gilardoni 4 petal reed block going to a 24mm carburetor instead of the malossi 4 petal with a 21 dellorto.
so the carburetor would’ve been at too steep an angle and sticking out too far if i attatched it directly with the intake from the reed block set, so i used the parmakit 24mm gilardoni intake. now it curves up and over quite perfectly. the carb sits back where i want it and the pedals even clear it! the only problem is that the carburetor is pretty high up and the bottom the petcock is a tad lower than the fuel inlet on the carb. but once the fuel is flowin it should be fine. i think.
so rad man!
iwant this sample part of carborator