1100 gsxr 36mm cv carbs

[MTBEERWAH]

i`m slowly gathering parts for a 1216 build for my Bandit, now the thought of 36mm cv`s instead of the stock bandit`s has me thinking. I`ve been trying to read as much as I can on these carb`s-pros and cons,and I keep reading the needles and emulsion tubes wear at a cronic rate, one read was wearing out after 8000k`s... fuck that! Have read you can get nickel plated needle and emulsion tubes to try and give a bit more life. All because of the way the needle slides,and that is it stays to one side and not central to stop rattling..thats what i`ve read..

Can anyone confirm this?

Has a solution?

Or just stick with the Bandit carbs?

I am flowing the heads with gsxr 1100 cams 1989-1990

Thanks,John

[RevHead]

You need to speak to "Oldskool" Hes the boiler god.

[oldskool]

Your Bandit has 36 CV's standard anyhoo. Suzuki's of this era did have a problem wearing out needles and emolsion tubes but not in 8000k.
If your running pods youll need to replace the needels any way so I wouldn't loose too much sleep over it.

[Tony Nitrous]

I didnt think there'd be much between B12 and R carbs, both 36's.

Going to a coil spring clutch instead of diaphram would be higher on my list.
Even with one heavy spring+one standard mine let go with a hit of NOS.

Are the GSXR cam's more aggressive / drop in ?

[MTBEERWAH]

fair enough,I thought they were a different carb..so be it.

The cams are different,bandit is low lo mid range and the gix is mid to high,but with the increase in cubes and compression,you don`t loose much if any bottom,just drop straight in and dial them.

cam info was from Alan Herriman,(Suzi expert)