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Re: Doms CB550F1 project
« Reply #840 on: July 19, 2025, 07:09:16 PM »
What is an acceptable max temperature for the engine block? My manifolds are a little varying in temp using a temperature gun, 1, 2 and 4 seem to be low 70s where as no 3 runs a good 10°C hotter with the block measuring high 90s bar cylinder 3 again which i just got 120°C with my gun.  Seems a bit improbable to have such a gradient so close together.

Incidentally, doing a plug chop only no3 was close to the pale brown colour on the white insulator section.

*following this i decided to double check my dynamic timing which is looking spot but there is a but, and I think it may be interesting.  On 1 and 4 I cant get the timing light to flash consistently, thus has got me questioning the 1-4 coil or its leads.  Another observation is that when raising the revs from idle it gets to 2000/2200 they fly past 3k to 4 with literally no control, I cant hold 3k for love nor money.  Is this the switch from pilot to main jet causing problems?
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Re: Doms CB550F1 project
« Reply #841 on: August 25, 2025, 04:18:46 PM »
Still d**king around with my carbs!  Can anyone help with this little conundrum, at idle I get a different reading across the four than at 3k for example, where one carb is lagging behind at idle, it is then ahead at say 3k?  See pics
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Re: Doms CB550F1 project
« Reply #842 on: August 25, 2025, 05:37:18 PM »
I'm no expert my thoughts are, at idle you are running on different fuel metering jets than when you are running at 3k with no real world load on the engine.
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« Reply #843 on: August 25, 2025, 05:41:28 PM »
That was my thinking Ted, if I then I each air screw individually that carb struggles so suggests the passages are clear or working, just that some carbs react more to throttle making syncing impossible
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Re: Doms CB550F1 project
« Reply #844 on: August 25, 2025, 07:00:28 PM »
The manual only specifies measurement at low revs. Think it's a big ask to get it over a wide rev range.
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Re: Doms CB550F1 project
« Reply #845 on: August 25, 2025, 07:48:59 PM »
The manual only specifies measurement at low revs. Think it's a big ask to get it over a wide rev range.

Its actually not as bad is I'd thought,  just not as close at 3k as at 1000-1200, still the revs are hard to raise slowly with the throttle without it leaping from 2500 up past 3500-4000.  I presume thats as the advance kicks in, the springs have been trimmed by a PO
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