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Offline BoCoJohn

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Rebuilding carbs for high altitude
« on: July 11, 2011, 09:34:31 PM »
I have a K3 750.  Stock engine with stock pipes and stock airbox.  Any suggestions on how I should set up my carbs when I rebuild them.  i.e jet size,  needle setting, drilling a few of the holes in the tubes or should I just rebuild to stock and adjust them out through the mixture screws.  I live in Longmont Colorado - about 5,500 ft.

I know there are a billion threads - was just hoping for an easy answer.

Thanks for the help- John
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Re: Rebuilding carbs for high altitude
« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2011, 10:14:00 PM »
Gordon,

Thanks for the threads.  I rebuilt my cb500 carbs and they turned out well.  However,  I might try to find someone to rebuild my cb750 carbs.  I'd like to find someone that could set them up just right.  Do you know if Hondaman rebuilds carbs or trusts anyone in the area that he would refer a friend to?

John
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Re: Rebuilding carbs for high altitude
« Reply #3 on: July 11, 2011, 10:31:49 PM »
Send him a PM and see what he has to say.  He's probably the only person I would trust with my carbs if I were going to pay somebody else to work on them. 

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Re: Rebuilding carbs for high altitude
« Reply #4 on: July 11, 2011, 11:18:25 PM »
May just need a good cleaning then syncing at most! Any reason you'd want to mess with jets? My Honda manual says the K3 had 105 mains, 40 slows, air screw at 1 +/- 3/8 turns and float height 26mm. No mention of needle position but do any come with something other than the middle position?! Maybe install a K & N air filter to get more airflow/less restriction to counter altitude's thinner air. Playing with carbs for no reason is like playing with fire. I'd set them to stock as the starting point, sync them then do plug chops/reads and adjust jet sizes/settings based on what you see and how it feels. My gut tells me at the most 1 size smaller main but you already have 105's so I'd bet it won't be necessary.

As Gordo says, get in touch with Hondaman. He does carbs too.
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Re: Rebuilding carbs for high altitude
« Reply #5 on: July 12, 2011, 10:59:10 AM »
Thanks Jerry,

I've tried getting a hold of Hondaman through the forum.  Do you know if there is an easier way to get a hold of him?  I'd also like to buy his book directly from him.

And, thanks for the info.  My carbs are in definite need of a rebuild.  I'm always hesitant to change from stock but I've been hearing a few things through this forum that make me think I could get a lot better performance if I set them up a bit different.   I'm not sure if I trust myself to be able to do it right the first time.  As Clint Eastwood said " a man's got to know his limitations".

Thanks,

John
1973 CB500
1973 CB750
1974 MR50
1975 MR50
1983 IT490
1984 XR500
1969 CT-175