Should the idle gap be set at 1-1.5 with or without restrictor installed?

hyperc10,with the restrictor in you should be able to still see down the carb and see the opening of the slide. You may have to tilt it in a good position but you will be able to see it. The opening at the largest point will be .5mm-1mm Both my B5's are right at about .75mm. Its a bout the thickness of a credit card or a thick guitar pick. I just checked my 2 B5's for those who still need help with this and my idle screws ar 1 full turn in from when the slide is closed. So slowly back out the idle screw until the carb slide is closed stop right when it is closed. The turn in 1 full turn from that point and that should be pretty close.

Hey guys I have a question, before breaking in a engine should you set the idle gap first then the low then the high speed?

Before breaking it in, the needles from factory should be already be close to where they need to be for break in, I always back 'em out a half to full turn out to be sure im rich enough for break in, then I adjust them as I am breaking them in if its way too rich or not rich enough. WERKS posted a break in method on an earlier page that is very detailed that you can look up.

But actually during break in you want to open your idle opening up to where the gap is about 2mm , At broke in tune it will be about .75mm. The larger idle opening allows you to run it rich while breaking it in where if the idle was set lower it would die because its too rich. it is a good way of knowing you are getting enough fuel/oil thru the engine for break in... But read the post by WERKS himself........I think it is somwhere around page 30?......if anyone knows exactly maybe they can let you know what page its on......

thanks Heidmann, i will look for that post by Ron

Thanks scoobie1 for posting the link!

toughtrax, take a look at the write up that I did and if you have any questions let me know. Things should be pretty self explanatory if you look over the instructions while doing it. Your motor pretty much tells you what is going on!

Regards,

Ron

Thanks Ron I will report back after I get them and do a little run time, I was almost going to get me the Reedy but after everything that I have read on here and seeing that you are on here to help out I'm going to give the B5 a new home.

Can't wait

Brian

Sounds good, please let me know what your thoughts are after you get sone time on it! I think that you are going to be pleased with your choice, the two engines are completely different animals ;-)

Just curious if anyone has gotten some time on the new aluminum carb and what your thoughts were??? Please let me know!

I broke in my engine with a re-11 as thats what I was running on my speed. I got 9 mins on a tank during the break in. It smooths out the powerband as this engine has so much overal power it is insane.

But I still recommend going with a 2013 if you ever get the chance to. It is def. a ton better then the re-11...

But it's hard to ask a question like that, as EVERYONE prefers a different feel and will prefer different pipes to fit their driving style.

so, if you try this and don't like it don't blame me:lol: remember what I just said...lol

-DC-

http://www.neobuggy.net/modules/news...p?storyid=7539

It was the B5 that was the decycive factor that brought him in the final.
With his other engine Bas could ownly go 9min and whould have had to make a extra pit. But with the B5 he could make 10 min eazy.
In the final Bas pitted at 12 min

And I know this because it was my B5 togehter with the 2035.

Yeah the B5 is awesome. 2 gallons on it and it's perfect.

My driving is still pretty bad though. The cooling head is now silver on my buggy :lol::lol:

Ok maybe just half. I have yet to hear any downside on this engine....

I have seriously heard zero complaints about the B5, which is unreal. I remember 3 or 4 years ago when I first got into the hobby, people were having some serious issues with the B7's. There are a lot of locals who have no interest in Werks anymore as a result. The few B7-Pros that I saw in '09 seem to have whatever issues they suffered from in the past completely resolved. Regardless, I hope my B5's can change a few opinions.

DC, you hit the nail on the head there! Pipe preference is really a personal preference, it all comes down to what type of power band suits your own driving style! There are pipes that seem to work better and/or worse with each engine and that we can suggest but I would also suggest that people take some time and test a few different ones to see what they like best!

Hellsavage, congrats again on the results that is awesome! Looks like we might be turning some heads with the B5 over there in Europe lol!

SMB and Semple, I'm very pleased so far with the feedback that I have gotten on the B5. I'm a realist so I will not say that there will never be any issues with our engine but so far the few things that I have heard are minimal and can often be attributed to some type of user related error. Either way though with any issues that have cropped up I've managed to work with the people and resolve the issue in a mutually satisfactory manner which ultimately I think is the most important thing. People need to feel confident that if and or when they have an issue the company who's product they own will take it seriously and do their best to resolve it and make them happy, something that I take very seriously.

You also touched on the issues that we had in the past with the original B7 (our first Werks engine and the version before the B7-Pro version came out) and funny enough most of the issues related with this engine years ago was people just having issues tuning them properly. At that time I think a lot of people were just used to the OS type of carbs where you could crank on the needles and it would only make a small difference in tune. With our carbs just like most of the other Italian based engines 1 hour change on a needle actually = 1 hour change, so there is a certain level of shall we say "sensitivity" to the carbs. I think people were used to the OS (and I'm not knocking them at all) style 3-4 hours turn on the needle = 1 hour change. So people were constantly chasing a tune because they were basically making too radical adjustments on the needle. Frankly I think a lot of this past issue has been resolved simply because engine users/drivers are a lot more knowledgeable and technically competent today than they were only a couple of years ago! Just my $0.02 ;-)

Regards,

Ron

Hi Ron

have you read my PM from about a week ago?:tire::tire::tire:

regards