[ROVERNET - UK] hesitation blues
peter king
peter at king-co.com
Mon Nov 27 03:38:53 GMT 2006
Hi all.
I installed the carburetors I rebuilt this weekend, and the good news
is that I discovered that a problem I was having with stalling at a
full stop was due to a missing roller at the accelerator damper. The
bad news is that I'm still getting hesitation when I begin to
accelerate from a stop. I also get some hesitation when I turn a
sharp corner at low speed. I swapped my newly-purchased needles with
the thinner needles that were in the old carbs, and noticed an
improvement overall, but not at the beginning of acceleration. If I
choke, I get much improved acceleration throughout the range. Without
choking, acceleration is steady through the range, after the
hesitating start, but more sluggish. My U.S. spec carbs were
installed with lock-tabs on the jet adjusters, allowing only for a 3-
flat leaner adjustment. If choking improves performance, then a
richer mixture is needed, no? Should I be looking at removing the
tabs and enriching the mixture? Could it be a weak fuel pump-related
problem? Or something a different needle might cure? I read an
interesting article on tuning SU carbs today that suggested a great
deal of improvement can be had by proper needle selection. ( here's
the link to the article: http://www.team.net/www/morgan/tech/
tuning.html )
I've re-checked the timing, and have Pertronix ignition installed, so
for now I'm ruling that out.
Any thoughts on trouble shooting?
Thanks,
Peter
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