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Message started by Lochson on 05/21/07 at 12:11:23

Title: Dial a jet & UFO
Post by Lochson on 05/21/07 at 12:11:23

Anyone using either of these?
http://www.thunderproducts.com/dial_a_jet.htm

Title: Re: Dial a jet & UFO
Post by Savage_Rob on 05/21/07 at 12:33:52

I've been thinking about the possibility, especially if I convert my Savage to alcohol/methanol.

Title: Re: Dial a jet & UFO
Post by Reelthing on 05/21/07 at 15:16:05

you might want to read past thoughts on the subject -

http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?board=RubberSideDown;action=display;num=1154733632

Title: Re: Dial a jet & UFO
Post by justin_o_guy on 05/21/07 at 15:31:14

I can see how the UFO doohickey might just benefit a carb, but, I think the bottom of our slides are already covered over.
The Carb is easy enough to jet for just a few bucks. I was ready to buy that thing myself, but the guys here educated me before I dropped the $$$,
My recommendation? Go at it the cheap way & see if it's not just plenty of increase in power.

Title: Re: Dial a jet & UFO
Post by ONION on 05/21/07 at 18:22:36

I HAVE A DIAL-A-JET WITH THE SCUBA HOSE IF SOMEONE WANTS IT. IT IS USED AND IT WORKED FOR ME UNTIL I MADE THE LAST MODS 10.00 PLUS SHIPPING

Title: Re: Dial a jet & UFO
Post by LANCER on 05/21/07 at 18:35:41

justin_o_guy wrote:

It is made to install on the bottom of the slide of a VM roundslide carb. They do not make one for the stock carb found on the Savage.

Title: Re: Dial a jet & UFO
Post by Greg_650 on 05/21/07 at 20:43:58

LANCER wrote:

It is made to install on the bottom of the slide of a VM roundslide carb. They do not make one for the stock carb found on the Savage.

...And the Dial A Jet is a wimpy way out of doing the jetting correctly anyway.

Title: Re: Dial a jet & UFO
Post by LANCER on 05/22/07 at 14:41:28

Greg_650 wrote:

...And the Dial A Jet is a wimpy way out of doing the jetting correctly anyway.

No no no no no no, missing the point. It is not made to make up for a slipshod job of jetting, it is made to be an automatic adjustment for temp, humidity and altitude changes that may be encountered during normal riding. It can also serve a useful tool when testing assorted exhaust also, just dial in a size larger or smaller equivalent for the main jet a go.
It is a useful TOOL..

Title: Re: Dial a jet & UFO
Post by Savage_Rob on 05/23/07 at 05:39:23

I was looking at it from the perspective of possibly converting my bike to be alcohol compatible. After conversion, the bike would be able to run on gas, alcohol or any combination of the two. I was thinking of the dial-a-jet as a simpler way to quickly adjust for different fuels.

Title: Re: Dial a jet & UFO
Post by LANCER on 05/23/07 at 08:02:22

Interesting.

Title: Re: Dial a jet & UFO
Post by Ed_L. on 05/23/07 at 11:46:31

That should work, variable jetting for various fuels. Could be a marketing angle in there somewhere ;D

Title: Re: Dial a jet & UFO
Post by Savage_Rob on 05/23/07 at 12:52:03

In more recently designed bikes, I'd guess that they'd use sensors and fuel injection like Flex-Fuel cages do. However, for my purposes it sounds like it should work. I'm just trying to work out all the other areas I need to replace lines, gaskets and miscellaneous parts to be compatible with alcohol... which is a whole different topic. Alcohol would run cooler and burn cleaner. I wonder if it'd pass new EPA regs.... hmmmmmm.