It's fixed !, Red Neck Raer is back to terrorizing the town Options

[Joe Ricard]

Replaced the intake gaskets and the phenolic spacers.
Old gaskets were pretty much deteriorating. Don't use the brown pare gasket material from NAPA.
I got some rubberized felt stuff that the old guy says will stand up to any kinda gas I want.

So I went back down to the 52 ish jets resetthe accelerator pumps.
I can spin the tires in 1st and 2nd and 3rd pulls so hard it strains my neck.

THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

smooth power and instant throttle response. I am so jazzed. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mueba.gif)

[Joe Ricard]

It's the plane ticket that's a bitch.

Everybody knocks the narrow band Air/fuel meters but this is how I have tuned my carbs to run smoothly. That and alot of sneeking up on perfect AF ratios for the most power.

I got a set of jet gauges and reams. You would be amazed at how far out some jets are.

Carbs are far from stock, I have 32mm venturis and have filed down the screw heads on the butterflys and narrowed down the supports for the secondary venturis. Blended the main venturis to leave no bump to distrub air flow. the filter housing and carb top cover and carb body all blend nicely and are all the same size. ( they don't come that way)
Long CB intakes sanded with 30 grit and port matched to the head. also sanded.
Can't get any more air in unless I spend BIG money on heads.
I think getting the air flow in each barrel to match through out the entire rpm range is the toughest. But makes great power.