Re: Converting to pre mix. Help Please
Well if you run out of fuel you run out of oil as well. When a 2-stroke goes lean it goes squeek pretty fast. I used to ice race motorcycles and on a big track you could just about be wide open the whole time. Because it's so cold compared to summer you have to rejet. Get it wrong and boy does it lock up quick. You could check the fuel pressure and flow and maybe see if it meets the specs for your motor. I wonder if you could use an electric fuel pump. I use a Carter aftermarket pump on my 67 Tiger P4594, one line pump with a built in pressure regulator. Bought it at NAPA for about 40 bucks I think. It's not much bigger than a VRO pump and sends enough fuel for a 300 plus hp 289. Go figure.....lol. Where did you go to get your parts when you were at Ahmic? Anyway good to know that a cheap pump will do if my orginial one dies. Cross flow, thats like an old flathead, well it is simple and reliable I guess. My neighbor at the cottage has an old wooden runabout. He was going on about how hard it was to work on the engine, special Grey Marine etc etc.Took one look....old Mopar straight six flat head like in the 51 Plymouth Cranbrook I had. Don't get much more basic than that,cleaned the points with a points file and set the gap with a feeler gauge and he was good to go. I could have come home and looked for my timing light/ dwell meter but not sure where they are now.....lol.....maybe thats why it's hard to get it fixed, no one rembers them. The joy's of old age...lmao.......cheers
