Well, I had the seed planted in my brain by Richie installing an adjustable carburator on his machine....It didn't take too long for it to take root and start me thinking. I purchased an adjustable carburator on ebay (rebuilt) for $58. This weekend I installed it and now have it tweeked to run well. No problem installing it, only had to make some adjustment to the govenor and the high speed limit screw to get the rpm's below 3700. I had a little problem getting the low speed mixture screw to do anything.
. After futzing around I finally got it to do its thing and got it adjusted to perfection. The tec engine generally does run smoother and appears to have some additional umph. I got to use it twice today to continue "testing" it. (By the way I now have 11hrs of use since January). All seems to be well. Sometimes I get the occasional "pop" or hick-up when idling at full throttle
but it does not seem to hinder the abilities of this engine. All in All I am 95% sure that this was a good move to make. My EPA carb did not display the problems with surging or power...just made the engine shake like hell!
So far the redesigned chain tensioner is working as it should with no problems...I will keep my fingers crossed
bbwb
in addition to the Sunday snow event. Man I love this!!!!