Dan,
An engine with a hotter cam has a rough idle and sounds a little like,
potato potato potato ;-).
Bob,
Moscow, Idaho
Daniel Neuman wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I have a few Solex questions for you.
> In my short drive around I noticed a couple of things...
> There is a light popping when engine braking..this might be because of the
>lack
> of back pressure because due to my leaky exhaust.
> SOmetimes at idle I can hear a popping noise coming from one of the carbs.
> Under constant throttle maybe like going up a longish but not too steep
> hill the car 'surges' noticabley it seems to be around 2800 rpm where it does
> this.
> NOw I have not balanced them yet but the idle seems kinda rough.. I have new
> motor mounts but the shifter really moves around alot if Ihave the car idle
> at ~600rpm. I know with the B cam the idle is supposed to be rougher but
> jsut how rough??
> Any help-advice-insight would be greatly appreciated.
> I plan to attck theh carbs tonight after work with my UNI-Syn and the
> manual. Is the method described in the manual any good for balancing
> -adjusting the Solex's?? Anybody have any hints-trick they want to share??
>
> TIA for any help you can give
> Daniel 69 2000
> SF CA
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