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Title: 1979 YZ250F Carbie advice
Post by: Ozadvntr on March 14, 2016, 11:55:04 am
Hi, just making sure I buy the correct Mikuni Carbie for a 1979 YZ250F - 38mm or 36mm?
thanks,
Mick
Title: Re: 1979 YZ250F Carbie advice
Post by: shelpi on March 14, 2016, 12:21:36 pm
from memory only will check the manual after but 36mm
get 2 manuals 1 for the YZ250F
and 1 for the carby SUDCO mikuni tuning manual 5th edition, GOD wrote it, its all I have to say about that!
Title: Re: 1979 YZ250F Carbie advice
Post by: Viper666 on March 16, 2016, 02:54:16 pm

36mm

Basically any carby from yz250\400\465-E\F\G\H will do but you will need to rejet to suit.

Number #3 slide

50 pilot

Q-0 needle jet

F-16 needle (I think)

390-410 main

Obviously location heat altitude will all be determining factors.

I can double check the jetting but they are the starting point.
Title: Re: 1979 YZ250F Carbie advice
Post by: Hoony on March 16, 2016, 07:46:21 pm
Bloody hell Perko how do you remember this detail after all those Beers  ;)
Title: Re: 1979 YZ250F Carbie advice
Post by: oldyzman on March 16, 2016, 10:37:53 pm
Ant comments on the air correction bleed jet guys?
Title: Re: 1979 YZ250F Carbie advice
Post by: Viper666 on March 17, 2016, 11:15:03 am
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Bloody hell Perko how do you remember this detail after all those Beers

I don't.

Just guessing

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Ant comments on the air correction bleed jet guys?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Do you mean the air mixture screw? Or the needle jet mixture? I will double check that one too but I thought it was Q-0 & needle F-16 but as I said "Off memory"
Title: Re: 1979 YZ250F Carbie advice
Post by: Viper666 on March 17, 2016, 09:13:51 pm

Number #3 slide

50 pilot

Q-0 needle jet

6F16-4 (4 is clip position)

390-410 main
Title: Re: 1979 YZ250F Carbie advice
Post by: oldyzman on March 17, 2016, 11:38:48 pm
i am talking about the small jet which is at the bottom of the inlet side of the carby it bleeds air to the main and corrects mixture at high rpm. from memory it should be approx 1mm dia id, some people just take it out on bigger bores.
Title: Re: 1979 YZ250F Carbie advice
Post by: Viper666 on March 24, 2016, 12:49:20 pm

Still not sure what you mean but there is an air bleed jet on the 32mm. The larger ones dont have the jet just the hole where it would go.
Once you drill something out it's a bit of a pain to go back. Have to make a very small bush.

YZ125 No 4 jet

http://www.boats.net/parts/search/Yamaha/Motorcycle/1978/YZ125E/CARBURETOR%20YZ125E%20-%20F/parts.html (http://www.boats.net/parts/search/Yamaha/Motorcycle/1978/YZ125E/CARBURETOR%20YZ125E%20-%20F/parts.html)

YZ250 no air jet

http://www.boats.net/parts/search/Yamaha/Motorcycle/1979/YZ250F/CARBURETOR/parts.html (http://www.boats.net/parts/search/Yamaha/Motorcycle/1979/YZ250F/CARBURETOR/parts.html)


Title: Re: 1979 YZ250F Carbie advice
Post by: oldyzman on April 04, 2016, 04:21:30 pm
yep, thats the one i meant...
Title: Re: 1979 YZ250F Carbie advice
Post by: Ozadvntr on April 16, 2016, 08:39:05 pm
I just checked an old test and everything I read suggests a 38mm Carbie.

I also understand that 36mm will give an increase in torque. Is this correct?
Title: Re: 1979 YZ250F Carbie advice
Post by: oldyzman on April 17, 2016, 04:21:39 pm
 Definitely 38mm according to my info and samples.
Title: Re: 1979 YZ250F Carbie advice
Post by: motomaniac on April 17, 2016, 07:15:40 pm
36 mm carby on the 77 yz 250 d , 38 mm on the E and F , 400 had 38 mm from the D model on
Title: Re: 1979 YZ250F Carbie advice
Post by: Ozadvntr on April 18, 2016, 10:09:13 am
thanks, Just ordered a new 38mm. Just over $200 delivered to me with all the correct jetting in a separate kit.
thanks for the advice.
Title: Re: 1979 YZ250F Carbie advice
Post by: Viper666 on May 31, 2016, 10:05:48 am

38mm

Stand corrected
Title: Re: 1979 YZ250F Carbie advice
Post by: fred99999au on May 31, 2016, 12:27:23 pm
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i am talking about the small jet which is at the bottom of the inlet side of the carby it bleeds air to the main and corrects mixture at high rpm

So does it lean the mixture out or richen it?

I got one in the bellmouth of my 38mm for my IT400D and that was lean everywhere. Spoke to the Mikunioz bloke and he said leave it in there and jet around it.

Which is an excellent business strategy when you need 9 needle jets and a bucket of mains to stop the thing from cooking.
Title: Re: 1979 YZ250F Carbie advice
Post by: sleepy on May 31, 2016, 01:57:11 pm
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i am talking about the small jet which is at the bottom of the inlet side of the carby it bleeds air to the main and corrects mixture at high rpm

So does it lean the mixture out or richen it?

I got one in the bellmouth of my 38mm for my IT400D and that was lean everywhere. Spoke to the Mikunioz bloke and he said leave it in there and jet around it.

Which is an excellent business strategy when you need 9 needle jets and a bucket of mains to stop the thing from cooking.

The bigger it is the leaner and the smaller the richer, but mainly has more of an effect at the top end. Not normally something you would change if it's the original carb.
Title: Re: 1979 YZ250F Carbie advice
Post by: fred99999au on May 31, 2016, 03:34:23 pm
no, it was installed in the 'miles to buggery too lean' new carb.
Title: Re: 1979 YZ250F Carbie advice
Post by: Momus on May 31, 2016, 04:26:22 pm
Perhaps applicable to this air corrector issue..in my Weber-carbs-on-Mazda-rotary tuning days we would use known diameter safety wire appropriately restrained in the air jets as a calibrated restriction for a quick, cheap checks.
Title: Re: 1979 YZ250F Carbie advice
Post by: sleepy on May 31, 2016, 04:50:23 pm
no, it was installed in the 'miles to buggery too lean' new carb.
Taking the air jet out will only make it leaner. Sounds like you need to find someone with a box full of jets to borrow till you get it correct. If the original carb was lean everywhere as well, perhapes you have a big air leak that needs fixing.
Title: Re: 1979 YZ250F Carbie advice
Post by: HVA61 on May 31, 2016, 04:58:05 pm
www.iwt.com.au/mikunicarb.htm


Go here , sounds like you guys need to understand how to properly diagnose and set a carb.

Title: Re: 1979 YZ250F Carbie advice
Post by: sleepy on May 31, 2016, 06:38:53 pm
www.iwt.com.au/mikunicarb.htm


Go here , sounds like you guys need to understand how to properly diagnose and set a carb.

There is no information on that link about the main air blend jet so it is quite irrelevant to fred99999au's question.
Title: Re: 1979 YZ250F Carbie advice
Post by: fred99999au on May 31, 2016, 11:17:33 pm
Mine was more a rhetorical question about the function of the air bleed.

Genuine carb didnt have it replacement carb did and it was lean everywhere.

It runs Ok now and is as reliable as a woodburning stove. I was wondering what the function of the air bleed was.
Title: Re: 1979 YZ250F Carbie advice
Post by: HVA61 on June 01, 2016, 07:04:19 am
Leave the jet in there and jet around it.

The information is very relevant to the understanding of the operation of a carb. and setting of the same.
Title: Re: 1979 YZ250F Carbie advice
Post by: sleepy on June 01, 2016, 09:56:56 am
Mine was more a rhetorical question about the function of the air bleed.

Genuine carb didnt have it replacement carb did and it was lean everywhere.

It runs Ok now and is as reliable as a woodburning stove. I was wondering what the function of the air bleed was.

The function of the air bleed? The pasage from the bell mouth through to the top of the needle jet allows air to be mixed with the fuel to aid in atomisation of the fuel as it is drawn into the air streem entering the engine. At low engine speeds there is only a small amount of air passing through this passage or jet if fitted. At high engine speeds there is a much greater flow of air which causes a pressure difference across the air jet, this in turn means more fuel is drawn out of the needle jet with less air added. If we make the air jet smaller this pressure difference is increased at high RPM making it richer but because the flow of air through the jet at low RPM is only small the smaller jet has virtualy no effect on mixtures at the lower speeds.

The size of this jet and other subtle differences in passage sizes are the main reason that fitting a new carb with stock size jets doesn't always work.
Title: Re: 1979 YZ250F Carbie advice
Post by: HVA61 on June 01, 2016, 11:24:53 am
www.mikuni.com/pdf/vmmanual.pdf

Attached is the Mikuni super tuning cat. which is very helpful
Title: Re: 1979 YZ250F Carbie advice
Post by: Lozza on June 01, 2016, 04:55:53 pm
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i am talking about the small jet which is at the bottom of the inlet side of the carby it bleeds air to the main and corrects mixture at high rpm

So does it lean the mixture out or richen it?

I got one in the bellmouth of my 38mm for my IT400D and that was lean everywhere. Spoke to the Mikunioz bloke and he said leave it in there and jet around it.

Which is an excellent business strategy when you need 9 needle jets and a bucket of mains to stop the thing from cooking.

Without the air corrector the mixture would get richer with rpm the air corrector(as the name suggests) keeps that in balance. Early mid 90's 250 road bikes put solenoids on the air corrector to pass emissions tests. With modern electronics we can "rejet' without touching the float bowl.

http://www.flo-commander.com/