I can't figure out what's going on. My crank let go a couple weeks ago and since then I've gotten another crank, new pistons/rings, and gave the cylinder a new hone. Installed everything, torqued it all down, leak checked it, and hooked it all up. Well, it runs like sh*t!! Even the idle isn't consistent.
There are three changes I made and I'm struggling to see how any would make it run any different at idle and cause it to not rev properly. First, the final backfire that eventually ended my engine blew a hole in the exhaust hose which I repaired by adding a 2" PVC elbow in place. Second, I realized the timing I was running all summer was backwards and instead of running 30° static timing on my total loss, I was running about 15° static timing. I've since changed it so that my static timing is around 25° as that is the max I can get out of the stator plate. The last change was adding a little extra oil (about 32:1) to the gas for engine break-in.
The most possible in my mind is the timing but if the flywheel is supposed to spin clockwise when looking at it as I've confirmed in so many ways, I don't see how running 25° static timing is really an issue or would cause the engine vary the idle speed. The only other things I can think of are the fuel tank managed to get water in it, the oil ratio is worse than I thought, or the ignition coil just randomly went out with everything else.
There are three changes I made and I'm struggling to see how any would make it run any different at idle and cause it to not rev properly. First, the final backfire that eventually ended my engine blew a hole in the exhaust hose which I repaired by adding a 2" PVC elbow in place. Second, I realized the timing I was running all summer was backwards and instead of running 30° static timing on my total loss, I was running about 15° static timing. I've since changed it so that my static timing is around 25° as that is the max I can get out of the stator plate. The last change was adding a little extra oil (about 32:1) to the gas for engine break-in.
The most possible in my mind is the timing but if the flywheel is supposed to spin clockwise when looking at it as I've confirmed in so many ways, I don't see how running 25° static timing is really an issue or would cause the engine vary the idle speed. The only other things I can think of are the fuel tank managed to get water in it, the oil ratio is worse than I thought, or the ignition coil just randomly went out with everything else.
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