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<blockquote data-quote="joedrum" data-source="post: 161572" data-attributes="member: 98"><p>ok this is carb tuning it is the most important thing on any motor period as in running right ...this a solex as i look at it it has a second adjustable jet in the idle circuit ..i explained earlier in a post this is a carb with all the adjustments and you didnt go there ...you should have open the screw up and that would bring in more gas just off idle ....carburator is what made a motor even work.....the problem with single and stock carbs is no one gets how important this is in our day of plug and play tech ....</p><p></p><p>you made a bad move here ...its foolish to think that somehow the carb is not right ...the solex is totally adjustable to the oldwing motor ....and is not a epa nightmare carb that has to modded to work ....im sorry you got off track but you did ....after the carb idles good ..the idle jet plays no part in off idle operation ...to have a over rich situation help off idle performance is not dialing it in ...its creating bad mpg ....to expect mpg of a cv type carb is also unrealistic ....there slow acting and will always beat strait carb with the discount of power loss plain and simple ....it totally why oldwings struggle to about 3000rpm before they really get going ...not a discount im saying ..just the facts ....</p><p></p><p>past the idle you address other parts of the carb to get what they control ...carb tuning is a art....but its not really that hard on this carb ...there people out there that have great running solexs ...thats proof enough ..... :thanks:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="joedrum, post: 161572, member: 98"] ok this is carb tuning it is the most important thing on any motor period as in running right ...this a solex as i look at it it has a second adjustable jet in the idle circuit ..i explained earlier in a post this is a carb with all the adjustments and you didnt go there ...you should have open the screw up and that would bring in more gas just off idle ....carburator is what made a motor even work.....the problem with single and stock carbs is no one gets how important this is in our day of plug and play tech .... you made a bad move here ...its foolish to think that somehow the carb is not right ...the solex is totally adjustable to the oldwing motor ....and is not a epa nightmare carb that has to modded to work ....im sorry you got off track but you did ....after the carb idles good ..the idle jet plays no part in off idle operation ...to have a over rich situation help off idle performance is not dialing it in ...its creating bad mpg ....to expect mpg of a cv type carb is also unrealistic ....there slow acting and will always beat strait carb with the discount of power loss plain and simple ....it totally why oldwings struggle to about 3000rpm before they really get going ...not a discount im saying ..just the facts .... past the idle you address other parts of the carb to get what they control ...carb tuning is a art....but its not really that hard on this carb ...there people out there that have great running solexs ...thats proof enough ..... :thanks: [/QUOTE]
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