Has anyone ever fitted a Honda carb to a JAP engine?

[vhgmcbuddy]

Although I think I now understand how the 24T2 fitted to the JAP 4/3 works, lets face it, getting bits for them is getting hard… I was wondering if anyone had fitted the carb of a small Honda engine (a GX160 or 120 perhaps) to a JAP stationary engine… Knocking up the manifold wouldn’t be too hard, but I imagine that getting sensible control from the governor and sorting out the jetting might be interesting…

[andyfrost]

It’s simply not worth the hassle , the 24T2 was far and away the best carb fitted , and ALL parts are now so readily available , at very reasonable coinage.
Only one modification I would make is doing away with the fixed jet, and fitting a variable one.

Andy.

[vhgmcbuddy]

Ah… interesting…. How does that work, all I’ve ever done with the 24T2 on my working engine is set limits for the governor and messed around with the slow running…. why would I need a variable main jet?…. The issue I have with the 24T2 is that I might have to get a new carb for one of my engines, and a BNOS 24T2 is around 160 quid, a chinese copy of the Honda carb is less than a tenner delivered…

[andyfrost]

the variable jet is handy if you have slight wear in the butterfly , you can simply richen the mixture accordingly.
Very good secondhand carbs come up for sale very frequently on that certain auction site , I would never consider buying new , remember this carb was fitted to huge range of engines , and indeed quite a few full size tractors.

Andy.

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