New Jets??
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Stage II
Joined: Dec 2008
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From: Tallahassee Florida
New Jets??
just rebuilt a 1973 xlch ironhead. bored 10 over, new pistons, new heads/valves etc...kicked over on first kick!! sounded great. after a short static run, hard to start again. reset pushrods! Tons more compression! Got er running with minimal exhaust pops, but pipes are turning blue. Someone said since going 10 over I need to re jet? WTF?? Can i fix as is without re jetting? Thanks!!
Road Warrior
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If you're still running the original Bendix carb the idle adjustment on the top of the carb affects up to about half throttle. I think if you think it's running lean just turn out that screw on the top a little and see what you get. I doubt you'd need to change the main jet with a .010 overbore. I went .030 on my 72 back in '80 and didn't change a thing. I still have that old bike and the '72 Service Manual.
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