Originally Posted by
TomB
ok let me add a grain of salt to this oprah winfrey love fest show we have here.
sure the go tech is great, but there are a few issues. let me outline them.
1) the carby. the seal between the metal section and the plastic sections of the carby allows air to enter, ruining the tune. How do i know this? most owners of go's in australia have fixed the problem by placing jb weld around this joint
2)the quality is very good yes, and machining is great, but certain cosmetic finish issues still remain. sure not a big woop, but it helps sell an engine (minor point, granted)
3)there is a revised low end needle from what i have been told. hence original carby low end needle is not really designed well (course thread i am imagining, and hence hard to get fine tune) i've experienced this whilst trying to tune my low end.at one fraction its rich, and another it's lean.
4) engine does not come with enough headshims as standard. sure not a massive point, but you want to buy it off the shelf ready, and not be required to read up on a forum to learn what is needed
JUST FIX THE BLOODY CARBY GO TECH!!
Hey tomB
I know what your going through I also got a 7port with the first generation carb big issues including the plactic sleeve on the carb disintergrating on me. I was lucky enough to have the New Zealand distributor replace the carb free of charge with the 2nd gen carb and man what a difference this motor is now insane
the new carbs are alot more like a novarossi carb the idle screw is now situated on top of the carb instead of below and I have no problems with tuning or the engine holding a tune what so ever. they've also gotten rid of the plastic sleeve it's now ali with 2 rubber O-rings
so as to your last statment I think you'll find that GoTech have sorted out thier carb issues if you can get hold of a 2nd gen carb you wont be dissapointed
Adrian