OK, maybe this is a dumb question. I read a post a while back where someone stated that he found the cam timing out of whack when he did the Stage 8. I remember when I did my Stage 8, I thought my cam timing might be off, but later decided it was OK.
I've always thought that it was just that I'm not that good of a rider was the reason that I get waxed whenever I drag race at Pismo. Seems like my power dies out early. It starts to sputter and loses power somewhere in the upper RPM ranges. Is that the Rev limiter? What does the engine sound like when you hit the rev limiter?
IT's got tons of power down low, but it just seems like if I was on par with the reports I read on here, I should be pulling harder. Now I just read a post from cannibalq8, where he stated that his quad did 85mph stock. There is NO WAY my quad will go nearly that fast.
Am I crazy, or could my cam timing be off? Unfortunately, the marks are not visible in the pictures I took when I did the stage 8. I've been thinking about dismantling the bike to do some polishing on the frame, maybe this is the encouragement I need...
What does it sound like when you hit the rev limiter?
..and you can physically feel the limiter hit.
Tell you a simple way of finding out:
Go into your shed just after midnight.
Fire up the quad and warm it to operating temp.
Wring that throttle to the stop! Not for too long, just a few seconds should do.
That'll be the sound of the limiter then
Don't worry about damaging anything, from what you've described you've seen the limiter more than once already.
Tell you a simple way of finding out:
Go into your shed just after midnight.
Fire up the quad and warm it to operating temp.
Wring that throttle to the stop! Not for too long, just a few seconds should do.
That'll be the sound of the limiter then
Don't worry about damaging anything, from what you've described you've seen the limiter more than once already.
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