Starting Line at Virgini International Raceway
- Thread starter davidd
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On easy starting , run and bump . My drag bike was burning straight methanol on 13 to 1 pistons , GP2 carbs , Mk 2 cams . Was far easier to start after a switch from magneto to D type Lucas Dist . Ign on 12 volts , used a White Truck coil . Great spark .
One strong stride and pop the clutch would do it , having first rolled it back against compression . A little more difficult on a very cold day tho . Matt's Shadow runs a D ign coil Dist , also on 12 volts . Starts super easy . Dead regular idle like Big Ben .
Our Meteor is a super easy starter too , 8 to 1 , ported head , 32 mm carb and manifold . It runs a good std. magneto and also has a dead regular idle beat , never a miss , as good as a coil . Go figure . Sid .
One strong stride and pop the clutch would do it , having first rolled it back against compression . A little more difficult on a very cold day tho . Matt's Shadow runs a D ign coil Dist , also on 12 volts . Starts super easy . Dead regular idle like Big Ben .
Our Meteor is a super easy starter too , 8 to 1 , ported head , 32 mm carb and manifold . It runs a good std. magneto and also has a dead regular idle beat , never a miss , as good as a coil . Go figure . Sid .
Hey there Sid, well you and Rip have said it before.....these bikes/ engines are as individual as we are.....Greg.
On Lola , our twin racer . It uses 32 mm concentric Mk 1 carbs , these the new production carbs currently being produced . Much improved over the earlier ones , better metal and precision casting throughout . But where the old ones had a simple loose fitting tickler button projecting up out of a opening , this serving also as the vent hole for the float bowl , now there is a more sleek alloy tube standing proud capped snugly by a hood . This certainly keeps out rain and dirt but it's all so close fitting that it nearly seals out air from entering , barely any can be sucked through . While there is a small hole in the vertical tube it is closely covered by the sliding hood . This has to be a problem if one uses full throttle running hard through the gears and the fuel needs to be exiting the bowl right now . Certainly a poorly thought out modification of the original venting provision .
I have drilled right down through the hood cap exposing the hollow tickler shaft which should eliminate the problem . I had talked over my concern with Tom Healey who suggested the course of action . Tom is a clever fellow , a real asset to Coventry Spares and his Dad John Healy who is a carburetion whiz . Sid .
I have drilled right down through the hood cap exposing the hollow tickler shaft which should eliminate the problem . I had talked over my concern with Tom Healey who suggested the course of action . Tom is a clever fellow , a real asset to Coventry Spares and his Dad John Healy who is a carburetion whiz . Sid .