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Offline nerfherder81

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Pods and carb drupe
« on: April 24, 2013, 09:54:15 PM »
Any one with pod air filters, have issues with carb drupe? Any solutions?
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Re: Pods and carb drupe
« Reply #1 on: April 24, 2013, 10:04:14 PM »
Sometimes the solution is not pods at all. It is very hard to improve upon the factory airbox design and make any more power with it. Pods and/or exhaust changes will require different jetting and carb tuning.

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Re: Pods and carb drupe
« Reply #2 on: April 25, 2013, 07:13:20 AM »
I believe he would be talking about the fact that with pods, the back of the carb is not supported by the air box and thus they *droop* down from their own weight.

I'm sure it would not be that hard to build some type of bracket to hang them from the frame.

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Re: Pods and carb drupe
« Reply #3 on: April 25, 2013, 10:10:47 AM »
IW- I am planning to make a carb support. I've seen alot of builds with pods and was curious how other have delt with it, or compensated. I read one post were someone just lowered the fuel level in the bowl and lowered the needle a clip.

ps thanks for your pod friendly reply.
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Re: Pods and carb drupe
« Reply #4 on: April 25, 2013, 10:41:01 AM »
I have not run pods myself but I am aware of some of the battles around here regarding them. lol

Personally, I wouldn't try to compensate my tune for drooping carbs. That seems hack to me.

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