honda 50hp high altitude carb adj

[ekhunter]

Just brought bf50 to Denver, owners manual suggest carb. adj. above 5000ft, most local dealers recommend propping down, any suggestions. I am a bit of a motor head and am not dumb enough to run motor at low elevation without re-adjusting carb. Is pilot and main jet replacement necessary or is there a simple adjustment. I would prefer a safe approach. I have yet to run the motor-it may do fine.

 

[hondon]

Re: honda 50hp high altitude carb adj

First of all ,try it ,who knows?On a nice warm spring day that thing could work flawlessly for you.Propping is an optioin but is a temporary fix if things do'nt work out .Your best alternative is to find someone intimate with these engines in that geograghy and take that advice.

 

[ekhunter]

Re: honda 50hp high altitude carb adj

Thank you, that is exactly what I am going to do. At times I get anal about wanting to have an engine run at its absolute best regardless of the altitude. This comes from snowmobiling at altitude befor EFI.

 

[JUSTINTIME]

Re: honda 50hp high altitude carb adj

re-jet
rust me
propping is a ez way to get around it