Dartswinger70
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Yeah but do you have your pistons installed "backwards" in the bores?...
Fuel vapor in the intake, not enough oxygen perhaps when hot.
Try 1 step at a time.Plugs are pretty black right now, but all it's done today is sit and idle after I messed with adjusting the secondaries. They looked great shortly after I put them in, but it could be that I went too cold. I may try some RN12s. I've done nothing with the idle circuit and the 14s looked really good when I changed them out.
Even so, it still had the long crank issue with the 14s......but now that everything else is tuned good, that might change with the hotter plugs.
Try 1 step at a time.
Yeah I went back n edited to say you're on the right track I think,with a hotter plug.. cuz it's got to be hot enough to clean itselfWell, like I said before, I ain't got the budget for that. I'd have plugs and jets layin all over everywhere. lol I can do it that way, but it's gonna take more time. I'll get there eventually.
They should call roadkill 'zip tie masters'Uncle Tony versus Roadkill? That's like Dumb and Dumber, but without the comedy.
Yeah I went back n edited to say you're on the right track I think,with a hotter plug.. cuz it's got to be hot enough to clean itself
Yeah I went back n edited to say you're on the right track I think,with a hotter plug.. cuz it's got to be hot enough to clean itself
Let me know when correct heat range plug 1st. When you do..then reset the idle mix by tach and adjust them both the same amount. You'll find as you open it up.. the RPM will increase to a point that it then decreases, thats too rich...go back to that initial increase and stop. Turn it off, count the number of times as you turn them in all the way ..and then reset them both the exact same as the one with the least/leanest/fewest turns.I do think the idle circuit is too rich. That could be one reason it takes a bit to start hot. The hotter plugs didn't help, but it won't hurt having them back in either. Which would be better? To change the idle air bleeds on top or the idle restrictors in the metering block?
Let me know when correct heat range plug 1st. When you do..then reset the idle mix by tach and adjust them both the same amount. You'll find as you open it up.. the RPM will increase to a point that it then decreases, thats too rich...go back to that initial increase and stop. Turn it off, count the number of times as you turn them in all the way ..and then reset them both the exact same as the one with the least/leanest/fewest turns.
Check your plugs and starting issue afterward.
Let me know when correct heat range plug 1st. When you do..then reset the idle mix by tach and adjust them both the same amount. You'll find as you open it up.. the RPM will increase to a point that it then decreases, thats too rich...go back to that initial increase and stop. Turn it off, count the number of times as you turn them in all the way ..and then reset them both the exact same as the one with the least/leanest/fewest turns.
Check your plugs and starting issue afterward.
I believe the plugs are about right now. This is with about a 25 mile round trip. They weren't new, they have less than 1000 miles. But this was after the trip tonight.
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Ah It's used and from the out of tune run time or I'd say hotter.
That's why it's nice to start with a new plug because they won't completely clean a lot of times after a light fouling or 'rich for miles' driving.
Show the tang=timing marks.
flash ruins it. I'll tell you what if you just look at the tang yourself ..you'll see these 2 little fine and faint lines.The one closest to the base ring represents your total timing the one above it is your initial.
Let me know when correct heat range plug 1st. When you do..then reset the idle mix by tach and adjust them both the same amount. You'll find as you open it up.. the RPM will increase to a point that it then decreases, thats too rich...go back to that initial increase and stop. Turn it off, count the number of times as you turn them in all the way ..and then reset them both the exact same as the one with the least/leanest/fewest turns.
Check your plugs and starting issue afterward.
Always square them if the carb is worth a ****. Find the middle. Jmo.One was 3 1/4 turns out and the other 2 1/2. So I changed the 3 1/4 to 2 1/2. I had them adjusted according to the vacuum gauge, but we'll see if that makes a difference. I'm thinkin not, but you never know.