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Old 11-03-2008, 08:58 PM   #243 (permalink)
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Default Re: Gas engine tuning for newbies....

Mithrandir,
Thanks for the link, I read it a while back and if you scan it as i did again there is no reference that i could find to the "POP OFF setting" I've been searching for solid info on this as i believe that if the pop off is out of range then the other settings will be bogus. I have talked to anybody that will listen and one person from ch ign stated he'd seen em as high as 30 lbs which would be quite lean in my book. Mine, as stated earlier was at 18.5 lbs and quite lean at transfer and required the high needle to be out close to 4 to 5 turns and were off the tension spring that keeps the needle from backing out and being lost. I have mine set to 11 now and plan to run it tomarrow and see how it performs and tunes in. My point in all this is this ! The pop off pressure is much the same as the dwell in point ignitions, and sets the duration that there is a flow of fuel into the carb. If the pop is too high then the duration will be short and lean as is a low pop would produce a long duration and a rich flow which would be much easier to adj with high/low needles than a lean flow ! Bending the fulcrum would have some effect on increasing and decreasing the voluum of flow, but the pop should always be set proper first ! My need is for more pertenant info as to the actual pop off settings that these motors in this situation require for that optimum or pristine setting ! So far i have two inputs one stateing 11-12 lbs and another of 8 lbs and i'm going with 11 for my next run.
Don R
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