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- Black Box
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Need assistance from RobB about
Carburettor Balancing. I want to buy my own gauges and make my up my own set. But I am not sure what type of gauges and what reading they should give me, is it measured in KPA?... Is is possible to post a picture of the gauges for me please.
BTW. Exelent post under the workshop section about this. Much appreciated. You tha man!
BTW. Exelent post under the workshop section about this. Much appreciated. You tha man!
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- RedexRobB
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cheers mate
It doesnt matter what pressure they are reading just that they are all the same
Pictures of the guages are in the write up, not very big i suppose.
These ones will do the job, same as mine. Have a shop round i got mine for 30 quid from ebay but i guess the postage is free on those ones in the link. Dont go for the mercury gauges, as its possible to suck the mercury out, they still do the same job as the dial gauges just not as safe.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/carb-balancers-va ... dZViewItem
Any more questions mate ask away
It doesnt matter what pressure they are reading just that they are all the same
Pictures of the guages are in the write up, not very big i suppose.
These ones will do the job, same as mine. Have a shop round i got mine for 30 quid from ebay but i guess the postage is free on those ones in the link. Dont go for the mercury gauges, as its possible to suck the mercury out, they still do the same job as the dial gauges just not as safe.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/carb-balancers-va ... dZViewItem
Any more questions mate ask away
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these are more accurate tho robB http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Morgan-Carbtune-V ... dZViewItem
Don't forget people there is more to the zxr400 than this forum... check out www.zxrworld.co.uk also.
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Thanks mate. I saw these gauges at my local spares shotp. Will they work?
http://drivewerks.com/catalog/images/au ... M-4871.jpg
http://drivewerks.com/catalog/images/au ... M-4871.jpg
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aaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwsssomeeeeeee.
Power gains from balancing the carbs is unbelieveable. Before the bike was a bit sluggish at low rpms but now its pulling like it's suppose to. The carbs was way off but now I can easily put her on the back wheel and keep her there. Before that was hard to do.
Rob thanks agian. I always thought you needed a rocked science degree to do this but it was actually pretty easy following your instructions, only took me 30min to do...
Power gains from balancing the carbs is unbelieveable. Before the bike was a bit sluggish at low rpms but now its pulling like it's suppose to. The carbs was way off but now I can easily put her on the back wheel and keep her there. Before that was hard to do.
Rob thanks agian. I always thought you needed a rocked science degree to do this but it was actually pretty easy following your instructions, only took me 30min to do...
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Rob the instructions was spot on. The only problem I had was after starting the bike and the gauges was flicking like crazy. I had to re read the instructions and only then saw that I needed taps to control the airflow. Other wise no problems.
Thanks again on an excellent write-up And thanks to Baz for this excellent website.
Thanks again on an excellent write-up And thanks to Baz for this excellent website.
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under the workshop of course http://www.zxrworld.co.uk/zxr400/balancing.html
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Just another update...Sorry to bring a old post to life again....
Before carb balancing my fuel consumption was 165 per tank then I had to go to reserve now after the carb balancing my fuel consumption is 200km per tank and I suppose I can go a little bit further before going over to reserve.
MonkeyBusiness I'm from Gauteng on the west rand...
Before carb balancing my fuel consumption was 165 per tank then I had to go to reserve now after the carb balancing my fuel consumption is 200km per tank and I suppose I can go a little bit further before going over to reserve.
MonkeyBusiness I'm from Gauteng on the west rand...
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