[Ducati] FCR for 900SS?

[Bruce Bellm]

Kev- FWIW when I went with the 41's on individual Malossi short stacks it 
was at the suggestion of Bruce Myers from BCM. I was happy with the setup.

Bruce

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Kachadourian" <kkachadourian at gmail.com>
To: "Ducati Owners Group" <ducati at ducati.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Ducati] FCR for 900SS?


> This may start a long thread of two very divided camps: split 41 on short
> intakes for max power vs. banked 39s for driveablity and workability. The
> guru working on my 900SP is in the former camp. He complains at length 
> about
> the struggle to get good flow past the bend in the intakes with banked
> carbs, and the only effect with going to 41s is more power. He says that
> tuning is not much harder with split carbs, just one extra step in
> synchronizing. On the other hand, when I called Sudco (you would think 
> they
> would know), he said they don't sell split carb kits anymore, and banked 
> 39s
> are the best setup for (mostly) street work on the 900SS. One of the guys 
> at
> Desmoto in SF, said that when he worked on a race team, they had 39s and
> 41s, but only used the 41s at Daytona. It was the only track with a 
> straight
> long enough to make a difference; and the 39s performed better everywhere
> else. From my experience, I'm sticking with banked 39s (although a lot of
> other stuff is being done to the bike). I rode a stock SS (except for
> slip-ons), one with high comp pistons and stock carbs (with jet kit) and
> Termi spaghetti exhaust, one with a 944 kit, and split 41s. I'm 
> approaching
> my ideal 900SS. So far, it's the high comp pistons (904), banked Keihin 
> 39s,
> lightened flywheel, and mag wheels. The next phase (to be picked up in a
> week or so), will have added engine balancing, larger intake valves, 
> cleaned
> up head ports and intakes (as much as Craig complains about the stock
> intakes, he will still grind them out some to improve flow), and a 2 into 
> 1
> exhaust. I expect this will give me pretty much exactly what I want for 
> how
> I want to ride, but I'll know in a month.
> It's all about what you want, and what you want it for. If you're going to
> Thunderhill a lot, maybe split 41s might make sense. But, if you're
> commuting down Redwood Rd like I do, the banked 39s are way more than
> enough.
> Kevin
>
>
> On 4/24/08, MS&F <thebrowns at domaccess.com> wrote:
>>
>> Michael, I shouldn't even be thinking about this ..... but how much (or 
>> how
>> little) would you consider for them?  Stuart
>>
>> Michael Lemire wrote:
>>
>>> I have a set of 39's.....Michael>
>>>
>>
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