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blues412002
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 Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2018 8:30 pm Post subject: Empi hpmx carbs |
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I have a ‘74 Westy with dual Empi HPMX carbs. Are these copies of, for example, Webers or Dellortos or are they a proprietary design?
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Glenn 
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| Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2018 8:31 pm Post subject: Re: Empi hpmx carbs |
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| I have a ‘74 Westy with dual Empi HPMX carbs. Are these copies of, for example, Webers or Dellortos or are they a proprietary design? |
Weber IDF copies.
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blues412002
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| Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2018 7:37 am Post subject: Re: Empi hpmx carbs |
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so, to continue to my real questions, this is a dual carb setup. The right carb is all dirty, nasty, the left is clean, pristine. The right carb backfires a lot. What could be happening here? Do I need to readjust completely from scratch? I am somewhat familiar with syncing the carbs and have attempted it before, but I may have screwed things up.
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Spike0180
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| Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2018 9:47 am Post subject: Re: Empi hpmx carbs |
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| blues412002 wrote: |
| so, to continue to my real questions, this is a dual carb setup. The right carb is all dirty, nasty, the left is clean, pristine. The right carb backfires a lot. What could be happening here? Do I need to readjust completely from scratch? I am somewhat familiar with syncing the carbs and have attempted it before, but I may have screwed things up. |
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| The right carb backfires a lot. What could be happening here? |
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| The right carb is all dirty, nasty |
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blues412002
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| Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2018 1:05 pm Post subject: Re: Empi hpmx carbs |
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OK, they shall be cleansed. However, the thing called the auxiliary venturi, just below the air horn, has caked on grime and crap. It is also loose, as the others are not. How would one half of the carb be affected and not the other half? Sorry for seeming so stupid on these things, but I'm no mechanic.
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