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Follow steps in order…., dial in:
- To get the best, most even top end power (full throttle/after 7500 rpm), select the main jet that produces the hardest pull at high rpm.
- If the bike pulls harder at high rpm when cold and less hard when fully warmed up, themain jet is too large. Install a smaller main jet and retest until you find the main jetthat pulls the hardest at high rpm when fully warmed up. This must be done first – beforemoving on to the other tuning ranges.
- If the bike doesn’t pull well at high rpm when cold and gets only slightly better whenfully warmed up, the main jet is too small.
- In order to properly tune the midrange and low rpm carburetion, THE MAIN JET MUST FIRSTBE PROPERLY SELECTED after 10 to 15 minutes of hard use!
- Do not pay too much attention to the low-end richness when you are changing main jets -you still need to be using the main jets that produce the best power at high rpm. You willdeal with the low-end / cruise later – after step 2.
- 2. Midrange (full throttle /5k-7k)
Step 1 (Best Main Jet) must be selected before starting step 2!
- Select best needle clip position
- To get the best power at full throttle / 5k-7k rpm, adjust theneedle height, after you have already selected thebest main jet.
- If the engine pulls better or is smoother at full throttle/5k-7kin a full throttle roll-on starting at <3k when cool butsoft and/or rough when at full operating temperature, it is too rich in the midrange and the needleshould be lowered.
- If the engine pulls better when fully warmed up but still not great between 5k-7k, tryraising the needle to richen 5k-7k.
- If the engine pulls equally well between 5k-7k when cooler as compared to fully warmedup, the needle height is probably properly set.
- Do not pay too much attention to the low-end richness when you are changing needle clippositions – you still need to be using the clip position that produces the best fullthrottle / 5k-7k power in conjunction with the main jets (Step1) that produce the best power athigh rpm. You will deal with the low-end / cruise next.
Step 1 (Best Main Jet) and Step 2 (needle height) must be selected before starting step 3!
- Float height (AKA fuel level & how to..)
- To get best low-end power, set float height (fuel level) so that the engine will accept fullthrottle, without missing or stumbling, in 2nd gear from 2.5k to 3k rpm at minimum.
- Float heights, unless otherwise specified in the installation guide, are measured fromthe “gasket surface” of the carb body to the highest part of the top of thefloat – with the float tang touching but not compressing the float valvespring.
- If the engine has a “wet” rhythmic, soggy area at full throttle / 3k-4k rpm,that gets worse as the engine heats up, lower the fuel level by resetting the float height1mm greater (if the original was 13mm – go to 14mm). This will lower the fuel level,making full throttle / 2k-3k rpm leaner.
- If the engine is “dry” and flat between 2k to 3k rpm, raise the fuel level.
- Example: change float height from 15mm to 14mm to richen up that area.
- REMEMBER, since the main jet WILL affect low speed operation, the MAIN JET has to bewithin 1 or 2 sizes of correct before final float setting.
- Warning: If the engine is left with the fuel level too high,, the engine may foul plugson the street and will be “soft” and boggy at part throttle operation. AdjustFloats to raise/ lower the Fuel Level.
- Base settings are usually given if a particular application has a history of fuel levelcriticalness. The Fuel level height in the float bowl affects full throttle/low rpm and,also, richness or leanness at cruise/low rpm.
- Reference: a bike that runs cleanly at small throttle openings when cold, butstarts to show signs of richness as it heats up to full operating temperature, willusually be leaned out enough to be correct if the fuel level is LOWERED 1mm. Check out andRESET all: Suzuki (all), Yamaha (all) and Kawasaki (if low speed problems occur). Needlessto say, FUEL LEVEL IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT!!!
- If there are low-end richness problems, even after lowering the fuel level much more than1.5mm from our initial settings, check for needle wear and needle jet (part of theemulsion tube). See Worn Needle and WornNeedle Jet diagram. It is VERY common for the brass needle jets (inthe top of the “emulsion tube”) in 36mm, 38mm and 40mm Mikuni CV carbs to wearout in as little as 5,000 miles. Check them for “oblong” wear – the needle jetorifice starts out round! Factory Pro produces stock replacement needle jets / emulsiontubes for 36mm and 38mm Mikuni carbs. Clickhere
- 4. Idle and low rpm cruise
- Fuel Screw setting (AKA mixture screws)
- There is usually a machined brass or aluminum cap over the fuel screws onall but newer Honda. It’s about the diameter of a pencil. Cap removal details. Newer Honda carbshave no caps, but use a special”D” shaped driver, usually supplied in the carb recal kit.We do have them available separately, too. 800 869-0497 to order –
- Set for smoothest idle and 2nd gear, 4k rpm, steady state cruise operation. Set mixturescrews at recommended settings, as a starting point. For smoothest idle, 2nd gear 4000rpmsteady state cruise , and 1/8 throttle high rpm operation. (pjtuning information)
- Pilot fuel mixture screw settings, float level (but, you’ve”fixed” the fuel level in Step3 – which you have already done!) AND pilot jet size are the primarysources of mixture delivery during 4000 rpm steady state cruise operation.
- If lean surging is encountered, richen mixture screws (turn out) in 1/2 turnincrements. Alternative pilot jets are supplied when normally required.
- Pilot fuel mixture screw settings, float level and pilot jet size also affect high-rpm,0 to 1/8 throttle maneuvers. Too lean, will cause surging problems when the engine isoperated at high rpm at small throttle openings! Opening the mixture screws and/orincreasing pilot jet size will usually cure the problem.
- NOTE: A rich problem gets worse as the engine heats up.
- If the throttle is lightly “blipped” at idle, and the rpm drops below the setidle speed, then rises up to the set idle speed, the low speed mixture screws are probablyset too rich: try 1/2 turn in, to lean the idle mixture.
- NOTE: A lean problem gets better as the engine heats up.
- If the throttle is lightly “blipped” at idle, and the rpm “hangs up”before dropping to the set idle speed, and there are no intake leaks and the idle speed isset at less than 1000 rpm, the mixture screws are probably too lean: try 1/2 turn out, torichen mixture. Be sure there are no intake leaks and the idle speed is set at less than1000 rpm!
- Carb Kit Design is a combination of science, art, intuition and and at times, a fair dose of wizardry. There is no dyno that “tells” one how to assemble or modify the carb to deliver proper power and response.
- Perfect Carb Kit TUNING requires patience and perseverance and “reasonable” feel to feel the changes – of which – most motorcycle riders have a good ability to do.
When a dyno “operator” says he/she has to ride the bike after dyno tuning to do the final tune for cruise smoothness – that’s what they are doing. Avoid any dyno operator who says that they don’t have to do that!!!
The only dyno that I know of that will duplicate and visually display the engine smoothness is the EC997 dyno (yes, I know, we make it) – that’s one reason why, if you can, you’d like to use one for tuning – a smoother engine IS getting the best mixture. Other dynos claim to “tune to an “A/F Ratio” – probably the biggest marketing scheme in the dyno industry at this time – and they never can equal the quality of tune as designed –
Thesetuning kits have been thoroughly tested to ensure easy, trouble-free, optimizedperformance.
- Please note: If you have installed the kit and gone through the optional screw settings,clip positions and main jets, and still have a persistent flat spot/problem, we ask you tocall us. Unique engine / exhaust / filter / altitude / temperature combinations may requireindividualized setups. We are here to help. The information gained to your solution willbe installed in our computerized reference database. PLEASE CALL!
- We ask that upon completion of installation and tuning, that you call us withspecifications of your installation, (pipe brand, filters, advancer, altitude, humidity,temperature and final carb settings) to be entered in our TUNING DATABASE. The databaseallows us to include the “most used” jet sizes and setup specifications in everykit.
- Use (415) 491-5920, (800) 869-0497 or fax (415) 492-8803.
Thanks!
Marc W. Salvisberg
Authorized links to Factory Pro CV Carb Tuning Instructions:
http://www.sport-touring.netJuly 20, 2002
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