Tuning Bible

[BigRed]

This is form RCTech

[quote]Paris Racing Products
Engine Tuning Tech Tips

By: Ron Paris


We get dozens of tuning questions from around the world at Paris racing daily. The number one questions is, were do I set my needles on the carb? Unfortunately there is no such thing as a definitive universal setting for any engine! Every application will have it’s own unique requirements, even two IDENTICAL set ups can and most likely will have at least slightly different settings.


I would like to address what seems to be the # 1 mistake we encounter in engine tuning:


Carburetor Needle balance:

It has come to our attention some racers are making the mistake of setting the idle speed opening to wide [high idle] and setting the bottom end too rich! This will give a false normal idle speed even though the speed is set to high because it “loads upâ€

[Hammer]

WOW!! Thanks for the reading, really good info for anybody running gas.