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69BahamaYellow 69BahamaYellow is offline
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More updates on Zenith 40TIN carb tuning

Just an update on my carb tuning progress (since it seems like there are a lot of us with backfiring @ idle with these carbs:

I haven't been able to check the float level or fuel pressure yet, but I installed an RPM Transducer on my car and started adjusting the auxiliary enrichment circuit, and to my surprise, much of the backfiring has disappeared (not completely, but definitely a lot less than it was). Turns out my RPM transducer was present, but not wired correctly (probably because the stock ignition was replaced with a Perma-Tune. After sorting out the wiring on the RPM transducer. It appears to work as it's suppose to (enriching mixture on overrun above 1350 RPM. Problem is, whenever I snap open the throttle, the RPM's fall normally back to idle, but seem to get stuck @ about 2000RPM for about 20 seconds, then it will drop back down to 900 and idle just fine. Seems like when you seem to be fixing 1 problem, another one crops up. Ill keep fiddling with them and let everyone know what works and what doesn't.

Thanks,
69BahamaYellow
Old 08-15-2007, 07:15 PM
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