DAMN SKIPPY!!!

I have to admit, I used up my entire list of explitives by the time I made it through one tank! With the manual settings,(which by the way are the same as the standard TR) on the high end, it was pulling so much fuel through the engine that I had to literally turn the car on its side to pour the fuel out the stinger on the pipe! Plus the engine was so tight, that when it finally would light up, the tightness would kill it a few seconds later.

Then I remembered something my local motor guru taught me once...'if your struggling to start a new engine, keep leaning it until it starts, then readjust the needle after you get it going'... So finally after leaning it about half a turn from manual settings, it lit and stayed lit.

Tune...tune...tune...tank...after...tank...after.. .tank...and........

WOW!!!

This made me forget my Sirio quick fast and in a hurry! And I still don't think I've gotten all of it out on the top end. The mid-range is insane and top speed is comparible to anything I've seen! I'm struggling to get the low end to kick in as soon as I pull the throttle...it has a kinda delay ...same damn problem I had with my Sirio. I'm really, REALLY, starting to hate 3 needle carbs! I just don't see the advantage of the low end needle, but I definitely see the drawbacks! So I'm going to let my local engine guru tune in that low end tomorrow at the races. But if it still isn't to my liking, the 2 needle 10J carb from my TR will be making an appearance on the R-Spec.

Summary of break in...

-It wont be easy to keep it lit at first(especially on a cool 70 degree overcast day ), but stick with it, the rewards will come

-The manual settings don't seem to fit with this engine. 2 turns out was way too rich to even get my engine started. I ended up at 1 3/4 out before it would even stop flooding my pipe.

-Insane....stinking.....fast....PERIOD! It easily matches my Sirio for top end and my TR standard on bottom and mid-range.

Next up...the track tomorrow. So we'll see how things go.