I just installed one on a Pitts and I'm in the proccess of tuning it. This being my first 4 stroke I have a couple questions...
The manual says to run it at full throttle and use the high speed needle to lean it up to almost max speed for about 5 sec, then richen it up and let it slow down to cool off. Do this over and over for a full tank. The needle seems to have almost no effect on the prop speed until it either leans all the way out or bogs down rich and dies. Is this normal behavior for a 4 stroke? My two strokes would notice even just a couple clicks of adjustment.
I'm getting a max prop speed (12x6 prop) of about 9,700 rpm and the lowest I can get is about 3,400, and that's iffy. The manual says "practical" is 2,400 to 13,000. How close should my "reality" be to the manual's "practical"? Am I in the ballpark?
I'm about 2 tanks into it. During the second tank I started tweaking the low speed needle and it's helped some, out of the box the lowest I could go was 4,000+.
Am I on the right track?
Thanks, Steve