Gregory Neighbors
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Ok, here's the run down and I apologize in advance for being long winded. My muffler pipe snapped and I got a flat within a week of each other. Needless to say, I had to park it while I waited for payday to arrive. I ordered a new muffler, new intake (not much room to do maintenance on the carb) bucking bar (I dropped and lost the original, please don't judge me), new rear tire with a smaller outer diameter than the factory tire, and a new chain tensioner pulley.
After reassembling everything and going for a maintenance ride, I discovered that I am only getting about half of the power and speed that I got previously. I did adjust the engine angle also to get the carb to set level, since the extended intake has an odd angle to it.
I have checked and found a vacuum leak where the intake mates to the engine head. Could this be the entire problem? or could the change in mounting angle also play into my massive reduction in power?
This is my first build (and like a moron I bought the cheapest engine available on amazon), it was listed as a british built engine, but after receiving it, I learned that it is a Chinese engine. The seller hasn't replied to email and Amazon isn't helping much either. I'm not even sure if it the 80 cc that it was sold as. I have it mounted to a Huffy Nel Lusso.
After reassembling everything and going for a maintenance ride, I discovered that I am only getting about half of the power and speed that I got previously. I did adjust the engine angle also to get the carb to set level, since the extended intake has an odd angle to it.
I have checked and found a vacuum leak where the intake mates to the engine head. Could this be the entire problem? or could the change in mounting angle also play into my massive reduction in power?
This is my first build (and like a moron I bought the cheapest engine available on amazon), it was listed as a british built engine, but after receiving it, I learned that it is a Chinese engine. The seller hasn't replied to email and Amazon isn't helping much either. I'm not even sure if it the 80 cc that it was sold as. I have it mounted to a Huffy Nel Lusso.