While perusing the Durbahn site looking at all the shiney things that you couldn't buy if you sold half your organs, I saw their Keihin FCR carbs for the RC30. And well, that got me thinking. Carbs aren't that complicated. Surely less complicated to make a rack for carbs than convert to FI (as their NC30). There's a lot of information to go over, so who wants to help?
For the point of the discussion, let's assume that there are no bottlenecks in the system, and ignore jet and pilot settings. I just want to see what it would take to get a set of flat slide carbs on. Not that I'm planning on starting another project any time soon.
Durbahn advertise a 7hp gain just from switching the carbs from the OEM to the Keihin FCR39s for the RC30. What is giving the extra power? Jetting can always be adjusted and tuned, so it has to be something more than that.
What are the sizes on the intakes for the 3rd and 4th gen. I think they are different. 3g=39mm. 4g-41mm? I can always check my 96 carbs for the size, but not the 3rd gen. What are they on the RC30?
Does Keihin make an individual carb unit so that 4 units could be assembled and mounted in the orientation needed for the VFR?