carb position

[ducksta]

T5 172cc engine 30mm carb sat on top of a malossi reed valve, in the original frame the carb faced forward but the Frame it is going in i can reverse it to face backwards will this change the performance.

[ducksta]

anyone

[ducksta]

position at present

[coaster]

Personally I would leave it facing forward, just thinking that hung out the back it will be sucking in exhaust fumes and other shite kicked up by the rear wheel.

[lambro]

position at present

If the manifold is matched to allow it to flow properly I don't see why you can't.
I have a 25mm on this:



And an SS90 rep with a rear facing 32mm, both work fine in the wet as well

[OzOAP]

No problem running backwards. My TS1 P Range has a rear facing carb.
The Quattrini 172 kit also does.

[ducksta]

will check it out if it looks ok, then rear facing it will be

[coaster]

You might also want to consider the access to the adjustment screws just in case the shock gets in the way