bmxnz11's 81 escort van

[kiwisurf]

On 8/1/2017 at 13:10, bmxnz11 said:

Where do people buy the bike carb rubber manifold inlets from? I'm on the look out for some but i may have better luck to just buy some tubing and cut to suit.

Neil Allport Motorsport

[My name is Russell]

All the dish! Looking good! 

[bmxnz11]

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?

[bmxnz11]

On the look out for a carb seal kit and a fuel pump for a cbr600f1 if anyone knows of any for sale.

[kiwisurf]

For sure it will be the fuel pressure at fault.

Try these guys as its where I got my carb setup:

http://www.bikebusters.co.nz/

[bmxnz11]

1 hour ago, kiwisurf said:

For sure it will be the fuel pressure at fault.

Try these guys as its where I got my carb setup:

http://www.bikebusters.co.nz/

Have sent them a message. Cheers!

[bmxnz11]

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?

[bmxnz11]

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.

[bmxnz11]

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.

[Jusepy82]

You have given me motivation to work on my girl again , ive read and re-read your build a few times now :).

[bmxnz11]

On 07/01/2022 at 21:16, Jusepy82 said:

You have given me motivation to work on my girl again , ive read and re-read your build a few times now :).

Cheers man. Definitely more fun on the road then in the garage!

[Jusepy82]

Hey man , 

Hows the escort gooing ?

[bmxnz11]

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.

[johnnyfive]

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

[bmxnz11]

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.