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> Poor and crummy low end, under 2500 rpm
Hammy
post Dec 30 2006, 01:16 AM
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I'm suffering from poor low end perfomance. Anything from idle to about 2500-2800 rpm feels gutless and bogged down. So this makes driving around town and driving off from a complete stop rather difficult. But at around 3k to 5k it pulls strong.

Is this a dizzy/timing problem? Not sure what dizzy it is.... recent tune up on ignition (points, cap) though.


I have a spare Pertronix laying around from my old engine. Think it'll help? I know all about them blowing up with ignition left on. Just wondering if it's worth the try. This is a carbed 1.7.


Thanks
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post Dec 31 2006, 06:32 AM
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If one of the butterflies isn't closing completely you know for sure the carbs aren't synchronized. Follow Clayton's list to the letter, you have to get all those other things sorted before you can even start on the carbs. But since you're new to it all you might try looking at the procedures at Aircooled.Net. I think they're easier than the Redline procedures for a beginner to follow/understand, though I would definitely recommend the STE "Snail" sync tool over the traditional Unisyn. As you get more involved get Bob Tomlinson's book on Weber tuning from CB Performance, It's cheap and good from basics for the beginner all the way on up. It has all the info from the Redliine site plus a lot more.
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