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New guy, another single carb conversion.
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<blockquote data-quote="joedrum" data-source="post: 185528" data-attributes="member: 98"><p>well ive learned that the conditions of the day your having can move the set up on a carb quite a bit ....ive actually got my dft to adjust very easy to day to day conditions ...and the air side being the thing that can be use to fine tune carb once its dial in right ...went for ride today ..nice here in fla ..bike was running nice but a bit high on idle ..and i just reached down and adjusted the carb on the go ...when i got to next stop the idle was perfect ...the bikes power was huge as it brought the front wheel up in second gear with a frame bucking leap ...most of the ride was just putting around ...and its really amazing how well and smooth it runs in this mode ...totally opposite from stock oldwing down low rpm running ....</p><p></p><p>seems theres many ways to get to a good dial in carb ...and also many ways how not to get there ....i dont think my work on my bike applies to most SCC projects on stock bikes ..but i am pushing how much better it is than stock carb bikes ...just dont think theres ever going to be a plug and play car carb that will fit all oldwing 4 stock motors ...there just to different ...</p><p></p><p>personally i just love the dft carb and bike set up i have gotten to ..no joke words here ..the bike is solid....to me my bike proof SCC is hard to beat as a high performance mod if dial in good ....</p><p></p><p>i remenber brian that your bike was way lean with a 40 idle jet ...my bike was way rich there ..you went up in jetting and i had to modify the idle circuit to get mine lean enough ..the art of making a carb work is what needs to be learned or goal to get to ..extensive mods made to my carb ...others did nothing much ... :mrgreen:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="joedrum, post: 185528, member: 98"] well ive learned that the conditions of the day your having can move the set up on a carb quite a bit ....ive actually got my dft to adjust very easy to day to day conditions ...and the air side being the thing that can be use to fine tune carb once its dial in right ...went for ride today ..nice here in fla ..bike was running nice but a bit high on idle ..and i just reached down and adjusted the carb on the go ...when i got to next stop the idle was perfect ...the bikes power was huge as it brought the front wheel up in second gear with a frame bucking leap ...most of the ride was just putting around ...and its really amazing how well and smooth it runs in this mode ...totally opposite from stock oldwing down low rpm running .... seems theres many ways to get to a good dial in carb ...and also many ways how not to get there ....i dont think my work on my bike applies to most SCC projects on stock bikes ..but i am pushing how much better it is than stock carb bikes ...just dont think theres ever going to be a plug and play car carb that will fit all oldwing 4 stock motors ...there just to different ... personally i just love the dft carb and bike set up i have gotten to ..no joke words here ..the bike is solid....to me my bike proof SCC is hard to beat as a high performance mod if dial in good .... i remenber brian that your bike was way lean with a 40 idle jet ...my bike was way rich there ..you went up in jetting and i had to modify the idle circuit to get mine lean enough ..the art of making a carb work is what needs to be learned or goal to get to ..extensive mods made to my carb ...others did nothing much ... :mrgreen: [/QUOTE]
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