35mm pwk air striker problem

[Yvon Ladouceur]

I just got this bike going its a 465 10mil with cpi vf3 35mm pwk air striker

I went to the drag strip n 1 and 2 gear was brutal big bog after id get it up to 3 it would fly the rest of the way down main jet is 185 not sure what the pilot is and not sure what type of needle also

Ive seen on here that these carbs are junk

 

 

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[locogato11283]

Those carbs are worthless. There are a couple people here that will tell you they're great but won't be able to provide you with any useful info.

 

Your best bet is to get rid of them and buy a set of regular PWK.

[Yvon Ladouceur]

Air screw was at 2.5 i tried 3 turn no diffrence

 

 

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[Yvon Ladouceur]

I think this is what i will do

 

 

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[hercalmighty]

Airstrikers like much leaner jetting then regular PWKs. First, find what pilot you are running. If the air screw isn't doing anything then you are running the wrong pilot. Second, that main is way too big. You should be more like 158 to 165. You need to do a plug chop to confirm though

[Tedder]

I agree with hercalmighty.

We ran 1/4 mile asphalt with 35mm Airstrikers on a 358 gas cub @ 1200ft.

With heavily oxygenated VP CMP we were at 162 or 165 mains and 42 or 45 pilots. Stock needle

As hercalmighty said, The airscrew adjustment will tell you if the pilot is in the ballpark.

Hope this helps...

[hercalmighty]

Airstrikers are great carbs once tuned right.

[RadarRacing]

With it too rich it will bog off the line and then clear up. Try mainjets in the low 160s and make sure they have c,d, or e series needles and try again. Those that cant tune em hate em. Same with lectrons , they must ALL be junk because they couldnt figure em out or they didnt work on one specific motor or combo.

[locogato11283]

With it too rich it will bog off the line and then clear up. Try mainjets in the low 160s and make sure they have c,d, or e series needles and try again. Those that cant tune em hate em. Same with lectrons , they must ALL be junk because they couldnt figure em out or they didnt work on one specific motor or combo.

 

This is exactly what I am talking about..

 

NOTHING specific about where you need to be. Buy a million jets and a million needles!! Fucking stupid.

 

Ditch them and buy regular 35mm PWK and someone can get you nearly spot on with jetting on the first try.

[Surfrjag]

i guess I cant tune because I have tried using the airstrikers and took forever to get close to right and was never right on. put on some pwk's on and got it running perfect on the first try.

my advice.. get rid of them and get pwk's

[sprinklerman]

Same here. Maybe I'm just stupid. I had at LEAST 8 sets of needles and pilots from 40 something to 55...still couldn't get it perfect. It ended up being the slide cutaway that was the issue. After machining the cutaway to regular PWK specs, all was well.

When I went to 39pwks I had it dead on in 2 jet changes.

 

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[Yvon Ladouceur]

Thx guys i orderd a set from pjmotorsport 160 to 170 main

 

 

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[Yvon Ladouceur]

Ok guys i got my carbs now n brand new 35 mm pwk non strikers lol do i need to do anything like wash them or adjust them or any idea someone?

 

 

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[trickedcarbine]

Umm, make sure they have the right jets in them.

[locogato11283]

162 main

48 pilot

Needle clip in the middle

Air screw .5-2.5 turns out