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how are lectrons difficult to tune??????

 

on alky with pe-1 needles  the center holes not filled with crap or jacked with ( some goof ball drilling them out!!)  the right fuel flow setup either its a pump ( bla) or big ass bowls with small floats, overflow's added in the bowls ( or chariot) they are super easy to deal with.  as with ANY carb  getting the jetting at least really close is the bigget hurdle.  how many posts are there about kehien's on alky having huge issues because of the wrong needle the wrong size dump drill out, and also same with mikuni's  anyone rember trying to get a mikuni to not fuel starve ? and then oh shit if the temps change 20d everything is jacked up on mik's and kehiens.  then yo have to spoend a few hours fiddling with jets, nd moving needles up and down jacking with teeny tiny screws in the slides, then oh shit  what if you get some crap in the bowl  uh oh  there goes them kehiens overflowing all over the place again...

 

lectrons  if they are a tad rich  takes 5 minutes to lean the needles  dont have to remove the carbs  dont even have to drain them if there is access..  if the temps change because of the way the fuel is meter'd the carbs can adjust somewhat pretty easily and not be as jacked up with the temp changes..  unless you are tightening the screws in the casting with a jack hammer you shouldnt have a problem with the alluminum..   i have ran gas on a bike then switched it to alky at the dunes without removing the carbs.  using a dyna to back down the timing with a flip of a switch, then turn the pj's down for the gas..     i HAVE seen a lot of so called packard lectrons that were NOT packards. the oe style with pill jet and pj are kinda funky  if they made a pj stle that the screw was not at risk of falling out that would be better.   lectrons do have their own problems too.  but as far as an easy setup to deal with tune and get to run right so you can ride. and not spend all damn day fiddling with to then just have a problem the next day if its hotter or colder.. they are the best. 

 

most times people select way to small of a lectron for their motor's..   with the HV style setup  a much larger overall size carb needs to be used.  if your bike likes 38's or 39's  try 44 lectron HV. i see a lot of drag bikes with 34/36 lec's or even 32/36  thats way way way to small.    the 40 straight hv or 40/42 hv works great on smaller cc cubs.. 

 

of course just my opinion

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