suke
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So after time and time again of trying to get my ski tuned, pointing in every direction looking for a "problem" and coming up empty. It's time to just go back to stock. I THOUGHT I found the culprit with finding the fuel separator gasket torn with about an inch gap in it. Figured that was sucking in air. Replaced that, went back to the carb settings the tuner gave me and headed out to see how she ran.
First out still a bit of a stumble at low speeds. Opened out the low speeds just a smidge and could tune that out to where from idle up to max RPM was really smooth and could distinctly feel/hear the raves open. At WOT she ran like a scalded dog and ran just flawless. I rode back to the beach and pulled the plugs. Nice and dark like I want.
So time for plug chops. Idle out past no wake, jam in the throttle and fly over to a little bay around the way. Go WOT for 5-10 seconds, pull the tether and coast to the beach. Pull the plugs and they're gray. I just can't tune it out regardless how much I open the high speeds. It gets to a point it just bogs like crazy and is unrideable.
It's beyond my knowledge/skill level to tune this ski using these aftermarket FAs. I'm sure a professional tuner could figure out just the right combo to get this thing tuned right. I need set it and forget it specs.
I feel pretty defeated and annoyed. I just want to be able to ride this thing without melting a piston. So back to stock I go.
I can't seem to find my stock carb parts. Looks like I need 142.5 mains and 70 pilots with 1.5 needle/seats. OEM seems to be best for mikuni parts, so where do I find them not in a kit? Also choke plates are gone, I'd imagine there won't be that much more air flow with the stock flame arrestors back on, no? Just fatten up the low speeds a smidge?
I tried to find some spark plug pics on the net, but the 2 stroke ones have disappeared. Was trying to show you what I was looking at.
Oh I'll also need new springs. What gram is stock....and where might I find those a la carte too.
I normally keep every little thing, but guess after the resto I figured all was well and threw out all my parts. To be sure I kept the handlebar pads I bought, so may have stored them somewhere.
First out still a bit of a stumble at low speeds. Opened out the low speeds just a smidge and could tune that out to where from idle up to max RPM was really smooth and could distinctly feel/hear the raves open. At WOT she ran like a scalded dog and ran just flawless. I rode back to the beach and pulled the plugs. Nice and dark like I want.
So time for plug chops. Idle out past no wake, jam in the throttle and fly over to a little bay around the way. Go WOT for 5-10 seconds, pull the tether and coast to the beach. Pull the plugs and they're gray. I just can't tune it out regardless how much I open the high speeds. It gets to a point it just bogs like crazy and is unrideable.
It's beyond my knowledge/skill level to tune this ski using these aftermarket FAs. I'm sure a professional tuner could figure out just the right combo to get this thing tuned right. I need set it and forget it specs.
I feel pretty defeated and annoyed. I just want to be able to ride this thing without melting a piston. So back to stock I go.
I can't seem to find my stock carb parts. Looks like I need 142.5 mains and 70 pilots with 1.5 needle/seats. OEM seems to be best for mikuni parts, so where do I find them not in a kit? Also choke plates are gone, I'd imagine there won't be that much more air flow with the stock flame arrestors back on, no? Just fatten up the low speeds a smidge?
I tried to find some spark plug pics on the net, but the 2 stroke ones have disappeared. Was trying to show you what I was looking at.
Oh I'll also need new springs. What gram is stock....and where might I find those a la carte too.
I normally keep every little thing, but guess after the resto I figured all was well and threw out all my parts. To be sure I kept the handlebar pads I bought, so may have stored them somewhere.
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