Going to need a carb and am looking at going the City Racer route for my ‘78 2F. Anyone have any experience or feedback back they’d be willing to share?
City Racer carb feedback
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The Fuji carb sold by City Racer is a good alternative to the original Aisan carb. It's essentially the same as the Chinese carbs on Amazon, except made in Japan and higher quality. I installed one on my 60, and I haven't had any issues. A friend did receive a City Racer carb that looked like it had been removed from the box, fiddled with, returned to City Racer and sold again as new. The mixture needle was buggered up and several screws were galled. I think this was a fluke. Just look it over before you install it. In a perfect world, you'd buy the City Racer and run it while your original Aisan is in queue to be rebuilt by either JimC or Mark Algazy.
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Thanks for chiming in! I had a vague memory that you were running one but couldn’t remember on which rig. You getting good results from one is exactly what I was hoping to hear. I was planning on doing just that, running a city racer while the original gets rebuilt by either one of those 2 carb gurus as long as the CR got good feedback. Thought about just putting another Amazon cheapy back on while waiting for the rebuild but I’ve had poor results personally with them. City Racer it is! Much appreciated!
@roadstr6 helped put one on my 60 and its been perfect for about 2 years now. Haven't has to touch it since I put it on.
I really like City Racer's products, but their customer service needs some serious work. If you have any issues, you will be handling the entire situation via email and it will take FOREVER. You will create numerous email chains and then spend a lot of time summarising to make sure you are both on the same page. They will stand by their stuff, but you will really have to earn it through tenacity.
They do not have access to a phone line and will not speak with you under any circumstance.
They do not have access to a phone line and will not speak with you under any circumstance.
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I installed a city racer carb in place of a Weber in my 40. The carb started out fantastic but then developed a stumble. Looked like some manufacturing junk in there. Cleaned all the jets with carb cleaner and double checked I didn’t have any vacuum leaks and it’s been really reliable since.
It is a cold carb compared to the Weber meaning that it takes a bit longer to warm up it seems.
Full choke and a couple pumps and the truck fires right up.
I’ve only had stellar customer service dealing with him, be it through email or not. Definitely a go to vendor.
It is a cold carb compared to the Weber meaning that it takes a bit longer to warm up it seems.
Full choke and a couple pumps and the truck fires right up.
I’ve only had stellar customer service dealing with him, be it through email or not. Definitely a go to vendor.
Don't get me wrong: i do think their customer service is quite good. But for those of us over a certain age, it is frustrating that something which could take five minutes of my time with a phone call takes two or three hours of emailing back and forth.
I'm sure he doesn't mind emailing over and over and over and over but it gets frustrating on my end. I've only had one issue ( and I've spent thousands, so good results to have only one issue) but it was incredibly frustrating the length of time it took me to clarify what was needed.
He did indeed stand by his product, but again it took me hours. I could have settled what I needed in a simple 3 to 5 minute phone call.
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I get what you are saying. Then there is the inverse of only doing business by phone which I find more frustrating.
I have a feeling we aren't too far apart in age, I shake my fist at the clouds at times.
