Check your jetting. You may be too rich. Happened to us when we switched to Rotax many years ago.
What jets are you running and what is the temperature? Ours idled fine, but wouldn't drive itself out of a wet paper bag when it was hot with the big jets we had. Mark S. Lindsey, AIA Principal Baskervill architecture + engineering + interior design 804 343 1010 P.O. Box 400 Ship to or visit fax 343 0909 Richmond, VA 101 S 15th St baskervill.com 23218 . 0400 Ste 200 . 23219 ask + listen + create -----Original Message----- From: Richard Schmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 11:58 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [F500] engine bogging down Rory, How does it run when you have the rear wheels blocked up off the ground ? With the wheels off the ground, how does it run when you slowly open the throttle ? Same thing, only what happens when you hold the engine at 7,000 RPM ? Same thing, only what happens when you slam the throttle wide open ? If the engine will run OK with the wheels off the ground at about 7,000 RPM but will not rev up from idle, most likely you have your idle jets set to lean. Make sure your plugs have the correct gap. Check your float levels. You should set you engine to idle at about 3,000 RPM, have the clutch come in at about 5,000. You should be able to slam the throttle to the floor and have the engine just jump up to the red line. If you cant do this with the wheels off the ground, the car will not respond on the track. Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 5:31 PM Subject: [F500] engine bogging down > have a 494 that starts fine but when you try to run it it boggs down sounds like it is starving for gas Rory > > _______________________________________________ F500 mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change options please visit: http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! ***
