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Failed a WOF last week on a few things. One being a hole in the muffler which isn't worth repairing. Currently system is standard manifold and one muffler. Going to put some 4-2-1 extractors on but unsure on the muffler situation. I have a couple of spare cobys I can use but I'm unsure if one will be enough?

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Bought and wired in a bike pump. Makes all the right noises and fuels getting to the fuel filter, sitting in the engine bay, so i assume its made its way into the bowls. Cranked it over but it wouldn't fire. Poured a bit of fuel down the carbs and still no dice. Pretty sure I just fouled my plugs. Will look at them another night.

What have people use for a throttle cable?

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Mucked around with the carbs a bit more, turned up the idle adjustment and started first pop. Idles pretty well. Have ordered a throttle cable from Burton as I don't have a lot of time to make something else work. Does anyone have a bike carb balancing tool I could borrow? Once the cable is hooked up then I can go test driving and tuning. Hoping to use the color tune for most of it.

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Changed the pilot jets in the carbs from 38 to 35 and played with the fuel mixture. Remove an air hose I had blocked and This time on start up,  the choke increased rpm and didnt kill the motor.  Heading in the right direction.  Went for a drive and it struggled under load at mid range and had the odd backfire through the carb. Idles fine so I'm picking it's time to play with the slides.

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On 11/04/2023 at 20:34, Jusepy82 said:

Hey man , 

Hows the escort gooing ?

Hey yeah its been going well. It's been on the back burner a bit but I'm slowly building up a 1600 for it to swap in. Took it to nats and had no issues what so ever, even over the takaka hill! Certainly enjoy throwing junk in the back and going for a roadie.

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On 25/04/2023 at 09:04, johnnyfive said:

Was great to meet you at nats, I'm not sure how I've missed both your Escort project threads before now, awesome work! 

You too, was great to meet new faces. Cheers man, it's slow work so they're not the most active threads.

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