Thread: ok i got my little 283 running again...

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ok ill check it sometime.. but no the bottom end of the engine was fine and i didnt change anything.. carb wasnt touched... and cam and heads are broken in... the engine smooths out about 1900-up.. thats if you dont get on it ... at all.. so thats how ive been getting around.. the stall is also the stock 700r4 one..

Originally Posted by tim_bo16

ok ill check it sometime.. but no the bottom end of the engine was fine and i didnt change anything.. carb wasnt touched... and cam and heads are broken in... the engine smooths out about 1900-up.. thats if you dont get on it ... at all.. so thats how ive been getting around.. the stall is also the stock 700r4 one..

Ok, so the carb needs to be tuned to the new setup. Stick a vac guage on it and tune the carb (edit: after the timing is set). Vac guages are invaluable tools in my opinion. Others may disagree with me on that; but, like I said it is my opinion.

Also since the bottom end wasn't touched I really recommend performing a compression and bleed down test. Since the top end is all new and the bottom end is not, your older rings may not be able to handle the new pressure and you may be losing your power right there through the bottom end.

One last thought about all of this....how old is the gas you are using?