Hi guys,

as per the post on SVA forum, past the MOT today. But had problems starting it when it was hot, and on the way home is was missing like hell around 5000, couldn't give it any more throttle to get through it..kangerood all the way home, quite embarrasing
I haven't got a lot of vents in the bonnet so i suppose seeing as it was a scorcher today the under bonnet temperature might have been quite high! I'm thinking of cutting a hole above the filter to see if that helps...
The question is, are bike engines normally prone to hot starting problems? Or do i have a stinker on my hands??

All advice greatfully received.

Rich.

Does the fuel line run past anything particularly hot, cos Id think something like that would more likely cause vapour lock than general hot weather conditions. Also have you got a breather in your tank, otherwise it will be pulling a vacuum when pumping so will start to cause problems after a certain time running, but not immediately.

Not really, but i do have a 1 litre fuel swirl pot under the bonnet which feeds the standard bike pump just under the throttle bodies. The swirl pot is fed by and returns to the main tank at the back. I suppose the fuel in the pot could get warmish from under bonnet temp.
The other thing i'm thinkng - the airbox on a busa is fed by ram air ducts, so the engine never really has to deal with intake air as hot as it must have been today...i am using a sausage filter. Do you think this could contribute??

Cheers, Rich.

Sorry, i should add that the main tank at the rear does have a vent...this feeds the swirl pot via a low pressure pump so the swirl pot is constantly full, like a constantly recirculating system. It gives the bike pump a head of pressure.

standard underbonnt temps shouldn't cause vapour locks unless, as Chris has already mentioned, you're routing close to something you shouldn't

When sat idling in full sunshine yesterday, my Fury was reading about 50C under the bonnet without any running problems, and I'm also running an underbonnet swirlpot.

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wonder if i should change the plugs...

Loads of busa's run with sausage filters so I wouldnt have thought so, but if not running a PowerCommander I do believe they generally up the fuel pressure a bit to compensate for the additional breathing of the sausage filter.

Also, I assume the LP pump can keep up with supply to the swirl pot can it, its not running low with sustained engine running?

Also maybe check each plug and see if one is running differently, maybe its a bit of crud got into an injector or something?

Thanks, i'll check that. The thing is, it was intermittent, did a couple of miles today and it was only the last 1 1/2 miles that it played up!!
Even trying to hold 5000 in neutral had it missing down to 3000 and back up again, like it was hunting,you know - barp,barp,barp (sorry for crap description of noise:-))...wonder if it is the plugs getting hot? If it was something more serious it would do it all the time surely?? Seems ok now it's cooled down this afternoon.

Rich.

One other thing Ive just thought of, have you got the air temp sensor connected up and in the right position, the one thats in the airbox on the bike?

Yup, i've got it on the base plate of the sausage. Now the thing is cold it's running sweet...
Just went out and gave the plugs a check - teeny bit sooty so have cleaned off - i've seen worse but they weren't " Haynes Manual Brown" if you see what i mean. Think i'll change them in case they are breaking down with heat.

What grade is recommended?? any demon secrets?

Sounds like your power commander needs mapping better to me...

Uummm...i don't have a power commander - are they essential for bec installations??

so how did you get through the emissions mate at the MOT?
or didnt you do an emissions test

have you modded the engine in anyway

I have a westfield megabusa silencer which has the cat fitted. The figures came down to acceptable ones for a '99 in the opinion of the tester. Maybe i should be recommending him to you all...as i said earlier, he was telling me that a kitcar doesn't have to meet emissions and i wasn't about to correct him!! But i did ask him to check that it would pass and it did!!

Sorry, i should add that the engine is standard apart from megabusa exhaust system and sausage filter.

mate hes talking shite

any bike engine kit car with an engine after 1995 must meet a standard CAT test at SVA

doesnt make any difference being 99 aFAIK
people have struggled with a CAT and a Power commander never mind just a standard engine with CAT

what readings did you get

Once registered, and assuming you have a Q plate, then you only have a visible smoke test, ie no emissions test. However, the sva man will do a full cat test which you will have to pass to get the mac and therefore get registered.

thats what I also meant for the SVA

That's one of the really stupid things about the sva. My car will have a q plate due to being a collection of bits., so once road legal I can do what I like to the engine, but to get on the road in the first place I have to pass an emissions test! Welcome to the world of the men in grey and red tape!

He ran me though the figures, there were 6 on the machine. He did say that there was a bit too much oxygen but put it down to the fact that he couldn't get the probe into the tail pipe very far due to the bend!!! The rest fell in but took around 20 seconds after holding it at 4000rpm to come in...
The only thing that is on the engine that might make all the difference on a busa is the PAIRS system - it injects clean air into the exhaust manifold to help burn off excess unwanted gases before they hit the cat.
The thing is, westfield get their megabusa's through SVA using exactly the bits i'm using so i would have been shocked if it had been way out anyway??

What should the readings be for a cat test?? I meant to write them down at the time but......

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'mate hes talking shite

any bike engine kit car with an engine after 1995 must meet a standard CAT test at SVA '

sorry, i should clarify, he was talking about the mot, not the sva.

Rich.

well the test will be done at idle and at 2500rpm-3000rpm better for you if you hold it at 2500rpm

motorbike emissions are sky high due to the power of the small engine and other things

but in the bike it wouldnt have had an emission test

your CAT will bring down the CO it wont affect the HC or lamda that much

I know of two people who have had cats on there hayabusa engine and had the power commander set on best for emissions and still struggled

If you pass the things then thats wicked but just expect it to be a pain in the ass with emissions and noise especially with a sausage filter

I think you need to get some more readings on your emissions

one at idle then one at 2500rpm

I thinks its only the CO reading at idle but all three readings at 2500rpm not 4000rpm

readings should be

tickover

CO 0.3 max (he told me 0.5 on the phone when i was setting up but Im just looking at my result sheet and it says 0.3 max) I got 0.00 for that

fast idle

CO 0.2 max on this result sheet(he told me 0.3 again when i was setting up)

I got 0.00 again

HC max 200 I got 106

LAmda 0.97-1.03

I got 1.03 fewwww!!!!!!

PS If the SVA bloke cant get the probe up the exhaust properly youll put him in a mardy PAP straight away

dont give them anything to feed off or they will they think there special and start being petty

I had the same problem

I remember that the lambda was 1.02...but that was at idle after holding at 4000 for a bit. If the lambda is in should the rest of the readings be close? Think i've got the idle set a bit high too.

I seem to remember that the hotter the cat is the better it works?

Rich.

yes the hotter the cat the better

1.02 is good but you want it to work straight away not after holding it at 4000rpm for 20 secs

youve got to go there(SVA) expecting him not to let you mess

if he does be sound bonus

chris

no lamda reading for the test at idle only

Ive put the requirements a couple of posts up

no lamda or HC at tickover......... only at 2500rpm

then you need 0.97 -1.03 lamda HC below 200 and the CO below what I put above

ta chris

Ta mate, think i'll nip back up there again next weekend and re-check now i know what i'm looking for.

Hopefully i'm not going to have to fit a power commander a week before sva.....

Cheers, Rich.

You will need a power commander and you you are very likely to kill the motor if you run it without..

The engine will be lean as hell around 5000-8000 rpm and will pop and bang like you wont believe...

Dont go an kill a £3000 motor... fit it and be safe...

Once you have passed the emissions test upload a map based on a freeflow filter and race system exhaust and you will be in the ball park..

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Originally posted by G.Man

The engine will be lean as hell around 5000-8000 rpm and will pop and bang like you wont believe...

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Spoke to Westfield technical today on how they get megabusa's through SVA... they just use the exhaust i'm running and back off the fuel pressure a bit!! It works.

The popping on overrun can come from the PAIR system injecting air into the exhaust - bit like having an exhaust leak i suppose.

I will get a power commander, i promise!!

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Originally posted by richard thomas
Spoke to Westfield technical today on how they get megabusa's through SVA... they just use the exhaust i'm running and back off the fuel pressure a bit!! It works.

The popping on overrun can come from the PAIR system injecting air into the exhaust - bit like having an exhaust leak i suppose.

I will get a power commander, i promise!!

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Richard,

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