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Old 04-06-2011, 10:50 AM
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Originally Posted by greg schroeder View Post
It seems logical that the choice is either tune the engine for cruising around an have lean conditions at high speed or tune for high speed and have a rich condition at low speed.
This is why carbs have an idle/low speed circuit for low to mid range part throttle cruising and main jets for wider fully open throttle opening and high power.

You can set the low speed circuit lean for good cruising economy and set the main jets rich for max power. That is what a carb does.


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