real quick tuning question

if i'm using a less restrictive air filter than before, i should upjet right?

more air, more fuel?

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Yes,

plug chop to tell how much to up jet.

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Confuser - /

this might be turning into a not so quick tuning question.

so i put a bigger jet in the old dellorto, 54 to 56 to be exact. and i couldn't get it close to running long enough to do a plug chop. it would barely run on the stand, i had to keep revving it, and it would bog down until about 3/4 throttle and then it would pick up again. once i would let it down off the stand i would have a real hard time just keeping it running, let alone moving. it tried that for a good half hour.

so i put the 54 back in, and it was running alright, it would start, accelerate and everything, but it would start acting crazy if you went WOT for too long. a couple of times it did a kind of mini bog ( if that makes sense) and then there was this loud pop that sounded like it came out the air intake.

so i just kept it going for about 5 blocks and killed it to do a plug chop. came out almost white, just brownish around the edges. i'm pretty new to this tuning stuff. help me out.

thanks

Re: real quick tuning question

If the engine picks up at 3/4 throttle it indicates it gets too much fuel/too little air at lower revs.

What kind of carb are you running?

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Confuser - /

i think its the original carb on my garelli, a dellorto SHA 14.12

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Hmm, if it has a throttle needle, try the 54 jet with the needle in the lowest or single lowest position. That's done by putting the clip on the highest or single highest setting.

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56 jet, sorry ;)

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John Joedicke /

No needle adjusting with a SHA carb, Jet change and idle adjustment only on it.

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Confuser - /

what was that popping noise? should i be concerned?

Re: real quick tuning question

Lean mixtures can cause a bark back through the intake.

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