IDF Adjustment Controls

 

 

 

Tuning & Adjustment  

1.      Most Critical! Be sure for initial carburetor set up all air by-pass screws should be in closed position. These are not commonly used in standard carburetor adjustment.

2.      Set the idle speed screw at ¼ to ½ turn in after contact with throttle lever. When doing multiple carburetors all linkage should be disconnected. All carbs should be bench adjusted to same setting.

3.      Set the idle mixture screw to one turn out form lightly seated. When checking the seated position to make only light contact with seat, aggressive seating will damage needle and seat of carburetor,  

4.      Start engine as long as engine starts and runs do not set up idle speed first. First adjustment if possible should be to find smoothest idle with each mixture screw on all carburetors. Some prefer to do one barrel of each carburetor then come back and do the second barrel

5.      After preliminary lean best setting of idle. Check carburetors for synchronization. Commonly done by checking lead or front barrel of each carburetor.

6.      You will always want to bring high flow carburetor down to match the low flow carburetor. If this cannot be done you will need to recheck bench assembly for binding throttle in high flow carb. Once you have matched both carburetors you will need to set the idle to the desired idle speed setting. This will be done by adjusting both carbs up or down the same amount and re checking for synchronization.

7.      Make one last check of lean best (smoothest running position) idle on all mixture screws one last time.

8.      Best idle should end up with the mixture screws at or near one turn off seat. Check rule of thumb for idle jet selection in Redline Weber basic idle adjustment instruction.

 

Pump By-pass Valve:

      The pump by-pass valve is designed to by-pass a percentage of the fuel delivered to the accelerator pump nozzle/jets. The “zero” pump by-pass valve delivers all of the available fuel to the engine and does not by-pass back to the fuel bowl. This will increase the pump shot duration and the volume of fuel with the original pump jets. To decrease the duration and increase the fuel volume, you may increase the pump nozzle/jet size. This is for maximum fuel delivery from the accelerator pump circuit. The accelerator pump by-pass valve is located in the bottom of the fuel bowl; one is required per carburetor.