Setting up the carb "pots"
Setting up the carb "pots"
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Russian Rocket

Original Poster:

874 posts

265 months

Friday 21st March 2008
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car runs great after a service

TVR dealer tell me it's the set up of the potentiometers on the carbs

trouble is it doesn't last to long,done 3k miles without a breakdown now and it could do with an adjustment.

it this adjustment a DIY job, if so how is it done

anonymous-user

83 months

Friday 21st March 2008
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Carbs? Are you sure it's a Tuscan?

Fume Troll

4,389 posts

241 months

Saturday 22nd March 2008
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Probably referring to the throttle pots. The car has an adaptive map, over time this can creep away from optimal settings, especially if you service the engine. The adaptive map should then be re-set.

You can do this yourself with the software from here : http://homepage.ntlworld.com/dave.hinns/software.h...

And a lead from e.g. leven tech.

There's a lot more on the forum about this.

Cheers,

FT.

kevin63

4,661 posts

282 months

Saturday 22nd March 2008
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Balancing of the throttle bodies can be done by DIY but is best done only if you are reasonably handy with cars, I do my own and make sure I have plenty of time available, then the addaptives and throttle pots need to be reset via the laptop.