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Old 08-02-2009, 01:50 PM
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Default Scoop probably the culprit

I have been all day trying out different combinations of emulsion tubes and jets. Since my A/F gauge only shows rich, I went out to check the combustion looking at the plugs.
I noticed that the two front cylinder plugs ( 1 and 5) read rich, and all the others lean. I did change the front main jets from 140 to 135 and the rear ones to 145 with no improvement. I changed all except 1 and 5 to 150 and still the same result.
I think the rear cylinders are getting less air than the front ones. So I proceeded to cover up the scoop and went out again, still with the 135 mains on cilinders 1 and 5 a nd 150 on the rest.
Well, the plugs have all the same dark brown color now ( it got dark so I coiuld not see the difference very well, but it was close) and the hesitation , stop and go feeling was gone also.
I will do more testing with the covered up scoop, but I think that it has to do with air flowing to fast over the Weber trumpets the feeding air uneven to the eight throats.
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