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Re: Next question: SU Adjustment

To: William West <livinginthepast@mindspring.com>
Subject: Re: Next question: SU Adjustment
Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2002 18:42:29 -0600
Cc: Spridget List <spridgets@autox.team.net>
References: <001201c28657$27a50c80$8500a8c0@finnland> <003101c286e5$e0074200$48eefea9@DavidRiker> <3DCC7AC1.E8E72252@exit109.com> <006e01c287a8$862321a0$48eefea9@aoldsl.net> <v03130300b9f339e52928@[209.209.93.173]> <005f01c28851$31fa2200$4ebafa43@forestgump> FILETIME=[5866DD20:01C28851]
use a screwdriver and raise the piston on one carb slightly. If the idle speeds
up, lean out the other carb, if the idle slows down, richen the other carb. this
should be done with the engine warm. use a section of vacuum hose held up to 
each
carb and see if you can adjust the hiss to close to the same. good luck.

William West wrote:

> Initial needle seat  adjusted to flush. Car tried to start but would die
> quickly. Backed off on the mixture nuts a turn and a half roughly and now
> car starts right up. But the damned thing idles REALLY BLOODY HIGH -doesn't
> matter what I do with the idle adjustment screws.. it only idles high and
> higher (about 1800 rpm). I've completly backed off the idle adjustment
> screws and it still idles high!  Now, weird thing is that sometimes, after a
> rev (which it does very smoothly now) it drops low, but then picks up again.
> Changing mixture adjustment does not have immediate impact on idle, which
> screwed me up over and over again as I found myself going 1, 2, 3 turns with
> no change and then it suddenly it runs like crap, ready to die....
>
> Anyone have a sure fire method to get these guys tuned and balanced  enough
> to get it running reasonably well without a uni-syn(or any other special
> tools )?

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