DragBikeMike
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I already had a good idea where the jetting should be. As delivered, this carb is way too rich. It had a #55 pilot jet and a #160 main jet. I changed the jets before I installed the carb (#40 pilot jet, #140 main jet, needle clip in center groove). The K&N flat panel filter was in the airbox (sans cover). Ready to rip.
It started right up and ran good. Idle was a bit rich but overall, it felt good. After a bit of grooming, it was dialed in. Under normal cruising conditions it ran perfect. Easy to start, smooth idle, great throttle response, no surging, no hiccups, no afterfire (with the exception of a little cackle crackle on deceleration). Absolutely no KaBooms. Once I was sure it wasn’t too lean, I started doing timed pulls. It had this unnerving tendency to go rich at high rpm. Start pulling back on the main jet and things improved up top, but then it would be lean at initial WOT. No amount of fiddling could rectify the problem. It sure was looking like the flat-panel air filter was choking things off. It could flow enough air at the lower rpms but couldn’t keep up as the engine speed increased.
The PWK couldn’t match the stock carb. That just didn’t seem right. Could the stock cylinder head be limiting flow? Possibly. But it looked more like the filter.
Let’s look at the setup. Completely stock engine, airbox cover removed with K&N flat-panel filter element, stock exhaust header, LCGP high flow muffler.
With the stock carburetor this setup ran:
Second Gear 4K to 7K: 3.55 seconds Third Gear 4K to 6.5K: 6.53 seconds Fifth Gear 3.5K to 5K: 5.72 seconds Fifth Gear 3.5K to 5.5K: 9.19 seconds
With the PWK carburetor this setup ran:
Second Gear 4K to 7K: 3.66 seconds 0.11 seconds slower than stock carb
Third Gear 4K to 6.5K: 6.64 seconds 0.11 seconds slower than stock carb
Fifth Gear 3.5K to 5K: 7.01 seconds 1.29 seconds slower than stock carb
Fifth Gear 3.5K to 5.5K: 10.26 seconds 1.07 seconds slower than stock carb
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