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I did not know this. Cool !
These Quick Fuel FOUR DOOR power valves feature an exclusive in-house design that has become the preference of professional race teams in virtually every circuit where carburetors are used. They have a greater flow capacity, a quicker response rate, and tighter limit bands that allow engine builders to precisely tune the power enrichment phase of their calibration. All Quick Fuel FOUR DOOR power valves are hand-tested and set to the stamped value. Their thicker molded diaphragm adds increased protection against backfire-induced rupture. |
Originally Posted by Baja Rooster
(Post 4473828)
I hope not. Part #25-45 from QF. No mention of it being a high flow version.
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Of course, that depends on the power valve restriction size in the metering block. Example..
Standard pv in a dominator, the pv is the restriction. High flow pv in a 650 double pumper, the pvcr is usually the restrction. |
That explains the fattening at wot. I just figured different conditions. It was completely consistent from about 1k-5400, so I'm thinking dropping the primary jets should lean it out across the spectrum, yea?
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Originally Posted by MILD THUNDER
(Post 4470298)
Anybody ever put a wideband on a stock mercury engine ?
0 and one with bad injector at 15.0 you would see 12.2 or so and melt a piston during sustained wot, food for thought! |
Ok. I took the primary jets down from 78 to 74. The bottom is still rich but at 3k it's bouncing around the 13, at 4K it leaned all the way out to almost 14, but at wot it shoots down to 12.5 or so. Another issue is I can only get a decent idle in the 11s otherwise there's a blip with the first movement of throttle. It even smells rich but I don't know how to tune that off-idle transition. I'm thinking of putting the 6.5PVs back in to fatten up cruising numbers?
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Feeling dumb. I thought about that blip off idle and remembered how easy it is to miss the accelerator pump lever. Sure enough. I put the old 6,5 power valves back in and the primary jets to #76 up from #74 down from the original #78. I set the idle screws a half turn out and have it at about ~12.2 at temperature and she seems happy. Hopefully we'll get another outing or two this year.
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So I'm running 13.5 at 3500-4500rpm and then back to mid 11s at wot which seems about right. But at 4K is where it likes to cruise but I'm thinking that 13.5 is lean? Richen up the secondary jets?
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very lean for cruise, I think.... I run 12.-12.5 at cruise..
Originally Posted by Baja Rooster
(Post 4498174)
So I'm running 13.5 at 3500-4500rpm and then back to mid 11s at wot which seems about right. But at 4K is where it likes to cruise but I'm thinking that 13.5 is lean? Richen up the secondary jets?
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Cruise and 4,000 rpm in the same sentence. Boy do we boaters change the meaning of that term huh.
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