smoke

[swedge]

puffs of smoke from the carbs when trying to start, timing issue yes?

[16v Nova Kev]

maybe

[swedge]

hmm its turning over ok maybe a bit slow and i get the odd backfire through the carbs

[Mike]

Its not smoke, its fuel vapour.

[swedge]

see the thing is im running megajolt and struggling to get my laptop to connect to it to check the cranking advance

i had the megajolt connect in my house via a 9v battery and loaded up the b ase map to it but cant remember if i set the cranking advance, which at standard is 0

ive been told its hsould be 10, so if its at 0 it wont start at all will it?

[swedge]

Its not smoke, its fuel vapour.

whatever it was it was loud lol

[16v Nova Kev]

yep even more fun when you get flames

[waggygsi]

Yeah mine was out by miles an thts what I would get when I tryed to start mine an it was cured after timing was sorted

[swedge]

well my cam/crank timing is bang on, im just haveing problems coinnecting to the megajolt to check that lol

[jonn]

make sure plug leads are on the right way, when mine started it ran like a bag of crap i just had the plug leads mixed up and it started and ran fine after i changed them around

[swedge]

how do you have your plug leads set up? 1-1 2-2 3-3 4-4?

[jonn]

on my c20xe i have them like below, but i still think they are wrong! hopefully tom will know

coil pack-engine
1-1
2-3
3-2
4-4

[swedge]

shouldnt it be

1-1
2-3
3-4
4-2

[jonn]

i not sure what way they go but my engine starts and seems to run fine but i am nearly sure they are mixed up

[swedge]

i think it would run with either of our set ups since its wasted spark anyway

[Southie]

Just thought you'd best mention that your running bike carbs ;)

Have you asked Tom Reid and picked his brains regarding this?

[swedge]

yeah i was supposed to call him today but had a fair bit on, he's the one who supplied me with my megajolt :)