KR> Results from Break IN run with new carb location and intakemanifold

2008-10-12 Thread bob pearce
Randy...If you note. The cylinders on an engine, straight or V or opposed, are numbered with respect to the crankshaft journal's position to the front or sometimes rear of the engine...If a certain cylinder is controlled by #3 journal it will be number #3 cylinder. Its that simplebob p ---

KR> Results from Break IN run with new carb location and intakemanifold

2008-10-12 Thread Mark Wegmet
I don't know if this would work on a VW aero conversion, but you can generally get a more stable mix and airflow with a plenum chamber before the runners to the cylinders. Take a look at many automotive high performance intake set ups, both carb and injected. Just a thought; use at own risk.

KR> Results from Break IN run with new carb location and intakemanifold

2008-10-12 Thread RANDY POWELL
I would suggest you perform a cylinder leakage test using compressed air. You may find a ring or valve problem on one or more cylinders.

KR> Results from Break IN run with new carb location and intakemanifold

2008-10-12 Thread Brian Kraut
With two cylinders on the same side rich I would suspect that it has something to do with the way the air goes around the bend just before splitting into the first Y. Some carbs, including the Posa, had a piece of sheet metal in the intake tube that had a straight section then a twist to give the

KR> Results from Break IN run with new carb location and intakemanifold

2008-10-12 Thread da...@alltel.net
The richest of the two is #3, and the one only slightly rich is #1. They are on opposite sides, on the prop end. I am using an Ellison EFS-2. The two aft cylinders, #2 and #4, are nice and clean. From: "Brian Kraut" With two cylinders on the same side rich

KR> Results from Break IN run with new carb location and intakemanifold

2008-10-12 Thread Ronald Wright
Dan, The air will stay to the outside of any curve.. A friend made a new set of cooling shrouds because one cylinder was running hot. He showed his new invention to a heating and AC friend who told him it would not work without dividing the air at the front of the cooling shroud as the air

KR> Results from Break IN run with new carb location and intakemanifold

2008-10-12 Thread Randy Smith
Did someone change the # system on this engine? All apposing engines are odd on one side even on the other. --- da...@alltel.net wrote: > The richest of the two is #3, and the one only > slightly rich is #1. They are on opposite sides, on > the prop end. I am using an Ellison EFS-2. The two