Well, IMHO, the carb is just one component of many that contributes to the power curve characteristics of your engine. Maybe a 35-36 would be better suited to your build being that you are going for a trail port. I don't think its going to be an extreme night and day difference though.
You could always get a 36 and if you don't like it, get it bored to 38.....
That stock waterpumper I was running my 38 on was stock ported too. Only mods on that engine were the bolt-ons: FMF Fatty pipe and Powercore silencer, reedblock, CR head gasket mod. It had terrific mid-range but ran out of legs when getting to top. Probably due to the high compression setup with the thinner head gasket.
Oh, and I believe you can get a quad vent, non-AS PWK too. Been a little while since I looked at carbs lately... My next carb will be a 40.5 PWK for the big bore, and the 38 thats on the big bore now will go on my sleeper 250![]()


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s.com gave this too me. They supposedly still make a intake, I ended up finding a old old school one for my 38mm carb so I never gave the number a shot.