---------------------------------------------------------- Kitfox-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Fri 08/20/10: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 05:43 AM - Re: Rotek Throttle Body Injector (Lynn Matteson) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 05:43:45 AM PST US From: Lynn Matteson Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Rotek Throttle Body Injector John- No, I didn't see that you had won a Lindy...congratulations! Wow, that's pretty impressive...way to go. At first I used my original A-790, solid-wire end vernier control that I had used with the Bing...mainly because I didn't want to wait for a longer control to arrive from Spruce. Then when I changed to the updraft intake manifold, it required a longer cable to make a curve in the routing, so I had to order a new A-790. The second A-790 was a smaller diameter knob, which was nice but it seems to have more backlash in the action. For instance, if you dial in more rpm, then want to back off a bit, you have to back off a couple of turns of the knob before you see any change in rpm. This is not the TBI doing this, it is the slop in the control. I'm tempted to order another one just to see if I got a lemon. Another tid-bit on the TBI....don't order the smoothest, most friction-free cable control for the mixture control. I did, and it is TOO friction-free. It creeps on me. I think the one I got was the A-730, and I ended up having to squeeze the housing with vice-grips, to squish it down onto the wire, and give it some friction. I'd have been better off with a plain ol' hardware store steel housing with plenty of friction, or another vernier control. Lynn Matteson Kitfox IV Speedster, taildragger Jabiru 2200, #2062 Sensenich 62"x46" Wood (summer) Electroair direct-fire ignition system Rotec TBI-40 injection Status: flying...1040+ hrs (since 3-27-2006) On Aug 19, 2010, at 9:46 PM, kerrjohna@comcast.net wrote: > Lynn, thanks for the chance to crawl around in your plane looking > at the TBI installation. Do you install a new throttle cable with > the TBI and if so what part # did you use? > > You may have noted that my plane got a Bronze Lindy for Champion > Home Built. > > John Kerr > ============================================================ _- > ============================================================ _- > contribution_- > =========================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message kitfox-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Kitfox-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/kitfox-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/kitfox-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.