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Re: WTP rebuild
Posted by 'DCharity' on 13 Oct 2008 @ 19:15

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DCharityJoined: May 2007
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Hi Connor,

We were at Wombwell and noticed a kart "running in", was that your lad?

Of course you know that rebuilt engines take a few hours to perform their best, so a first outing can't be expected to show the engine's true potential. We run our rebuilds for a good 5/6 hours before expecting anything like decent performance; some "come-on" sooner than others, seems just how it turns-out.

Make sure everything else is correct and functioning correctly. When was the last time your exhaust was cleaned out, is the carb holding pressure under test?

On a rebuilt engine, I wouldn't have used the gearing you stated. Better to let the engine rev a little more under less load than to expect it pull hard on higher gearing after a rebuild.
Don't be fooled by maximum revs on the Alfano/Micron, that could be due to bounce on kerbs: look for an average.

One of our best engines was really quite poor after a rebuild: we used it at Wombwell last weekend with very pleasing results.

Hope this helps.

Dave.

Message Thread:

WTP rebuild by 'connor999' (13 Oct 2008 @ 11:59)

Re: WTP rebuild by 'frag10' (13 Oct 2008 @ 16:23)

Re: WTP rebuild by 'connor999' (13 Oct 2008 @ 18:37)

Re: WTP rebuild by 'DCharity' << You are here!

Re: WTP rebuild by 'connor999' (13 Oct 2008 @ 19:21)

Re: WTP rebuild by 'DCharity' (13 Oct 2008 @ 19:31)

Re: WTP rebuild by 'connor999' (13 Oct 2008 @ 20:07)

Re: WTP rebuild by 'DCharity' (13 Oct 2008 @ 21:39)

Re: WTP rebuild by 'connor999' (14 Oct 2008 @ 15:57)

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