HD8 carbs set up

[kevinchown]

Hi All just got a question I've recently had my twin HD8 carbs refurbished, they look great but I can only seem to get them running for about 30 seconds before the car stalls, they run quite fast and then stall I'm assuming they are flooding but as everything should be new can't figure out why. I've tinkered with the adjustments but it doesn't seem to make any difference, any suggestions would be helpful...

 

[The Rovering Member]

Harveyyy........

 

[kevinchown]

Is this answer a code??

 

[harveyp6]

Harveyyy........

Thanks for that!

 

[harveyp6]

Is this answer a code??

I can do them when they're in front of me, but being specific when they're not is more problematic.

You should be able to see if they're flooding as you will have petrol coming out of the overflow (if fitted) or trickling out through the jet itself on the bridge of the carb. They need to be unlinked from each other, and then set individually, and balanced with each other, before reconnecting the linkage between them. If you think it's flooding then you need to either prove or disprove that before you can move forwards.

 

[The Rovering Member]

Harveyyy........

Thanks for that!

I knew you'd appreciate it. :wink:

Is this answer a code??

Indeed so. It's code for replace your HD8's with HiF6's. Don't ask!