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Re: still searching

Skeet Wyman — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:55:24 GMT

No, and engine is an engine. You still do the wet dry test that is definitive. Skeet ... -- Where ever you go thats where you are, so think about where your

Re: still searching

brad hess — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:51:05 GMT

i was always told 4 as well. but the factory service manual says t crank till the gauge stops rising. i also talked to another motor cycle mechanic and he

Re: still searching

Brandon Burdette — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 04:59:57 GMT

I concur. Should be at the 145/high compression mark by 4. Be careful not to add more than a teaspoon of the oil, a liquid will not compress. A teaspoon is

Re: still searching

Skeet Wyman — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 21:54:09 GMT

Air out of the intake is the culprit. Valve leaking will cause poor vaccum. And you should only need 4 stroke peroid for the 145. Try it dry for 4 comp strokes

still searching

hessdawg78 — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 17:48:15 GMT

hey all I'm still tracking down my vacuum problem.i found a 10mm adapter for my compression gauge. with 4 compression strokes on each cyl i'm getting 90psi. at

Re: fuel injection/ lack of vacuum update

Skeet Wyman — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:15:54 GMT

No the cam has got to be ok. If the chain was streched you would have retarted cam timing which would absolutly cause SOME vaccum lose. But a whole tooth

fuel injection/ lack of vacuum update

hessdawg78 — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 05:16:44 GMT

hey to those of you who are following, the fuel injection swap went well. but it uncovered a larger lack of vacuum problem. as i stated before my running

Re: idle vacuum

Skeet Wyman — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 04:57:15 GMT

I did a valve adjust on my track bike engine when I bought it. It had 2 bent valves and 2 cracked guides. I just followed the factory manual and it all worked

Re: idle vacuum

brad hess — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:31:05 GMT

i think i have 26000 miles on minei had a valve adjust a little bit before i stopped riding it.does anybody have a good write up on valve adjustments???I'm

Re: idle vacuum

Brandon Burdette — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:25:34 GMT

Yep, valve adjustment and then sync the throttle bodies...compression check if you have a lot of miles.

Re: 92 zx7r flat slides to fuel injection

Charles Pham — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:24:08 GMT

Brad, Do you have a write up on how you converted to FI? How does the bike run? Better than carb'ed? I would love to do this to mine. Cheers! Charles ...

Re: idle vacuum

Skeet Wyman — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:03:28 GMT

How many miles on the engine? Sounds like you need a valve adjust. If the valves are not closing all the way you will have low vac and ruff idle. Also carb

idle vacuum

hessdawg78 — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:05:37 GMT

ok since i found out last night that my vacuum was very low i took the intake boots off cleaned and rtv them back to the block. installed new vacuum lines from

Re: 92 zx7r flat slides to fuel injection

brad hess — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:34:46 GMT

that's what i thought just wanted to make sure that we didn't have some sort of crazy cam or something. ... From: Skeet Wyman Subject: Re:

Re: 92 zx7r flat slides to fuel injection

Skeet Wyman — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:13:05 GMT

Brad Any internal combustion engine should have 16-18 inches of vaccumm at idle ... -- Where ever you go thats where you are, so think about where your going!