Originally Posted by
c1 racin
NEED help ....
This weekend at the Texas Biggie I had a Max SL3 implode, so I put in my back up which is a Novarossi NSR3 Race ... I got it new a couple years ago but it has only had MAYBE a half gallon thru it ... After putting it in the car and tuning a little (hadn't been started or ran in about a year) it ran surprisingly well. I continued tuning it, getting the gearing, and clutch / two-speed adjusted. It was running better than it did when I replaced it with the Max.
In the main here's were the problem was, which was why I replaced it to begin with. It runs great, never gets about 270ish. However when I come in to pit an refuel it will flamout ... not everytime and not as soon as the idle slows. It happened twice in the 30 min main, first time (about the 10 min. mark) my pit man refueled me and I left pit lane and on the second turn it just flamed out. It fired right back up with no problem. The second time (about the 25 min mark) after getting refueled I was at the end of pit lane when it flamed out. Once again it started without any problem.
..... Can someone tell me what causes this .....
I have seen this happen to me when I shim the engine on the high side. If the engine restarts right away it's because the mixture is rich at low revs. Try leaning out the bottom or open up the idle until it stabilizes.
Since I like saving some fuel, I tend to use many shims in the engine and I open up the carb just a tad by holding steady on the trigger during refueling. Itīs risky but has worked out just well for me. I sure enjoyed watching faces in awe when the other drivers saw how much run time I was getting...
I think its easier to prevent flaming out when the head is lower, but if I were you, I'd find more expert advise... Besides, you do not want to lower the head too much...
I hope someone else suggests something here...