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by DougE
Wed Jul 24, 2013 12:07 pm
Forum: Tuning Fuel and Air
Topic: Expansion of Tuning Procedure...
Replies: 4
Views: 851

Re: Expansion of Tuning Procedure...

By way of follow-up...

Even after correcting the firing order, I was never able to get the installation to idle well; it continued to backfire and run erratically, and I was consequently unable to get it to idle well enough to attempt to begin the actual tuning process. Going back to basics, I've ...
by DougE
Thu Jul 18, 2013 3:13 pm
Forum: Tuning Fuel and Air
Topic: Expansion of Tuning Procedure...
Replies: 4
Views: 851

Re: Expansion of Tuning Procedure...

Okay...

This post can be entirely disregarded except as an object lesson and reminder to not automatically blame the 'new thing' and to watch the basics.

In a stunning display of applied stupidity I managed to transpose two of the numbers in the firing order after carefully looking it up. No ...
by DougE
Wed Jul 17, 2013 4:39 am
Forum: Tuning Fuel and Air
Topic: Expansion of Tuning Procedure...
Replies: 4
Views: 851

Re: Expansion of Tuning Procedure...

A embarassing update... Shortly after posting this query, I realized why I'm having idle problems; for non-port-injected engine, one can't tune for 14.7 AFR, but instead must allow for the charge-robbing, and so should target for somewhere in the low 13's. No wonder it was snorting and bucking. I ...
by DougE
Tue Jul 16, 2013 5:02 am
Forum: Tuning Fuel and Air
Topic: Expansion of Tuning Procedure...
Replies: 4
Views: 851

Expansion of Tuning Procedure...

This is my first tuning effort; both electronic or mechanical. (I admit it... I"m guilty of bolting on a carb and going with it.) The tuning procedures provided in all the sources I've accessed are clear and understandable, but operate from the assumption that one is starting with a known, running ...