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my engine hopped up with a intake and mean exhaust... spits sometimes out the carb and sometimes wont let me open it up.. jus wants to die sometimes......  not enough fuel?...
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Re: 16 hp enduro tecumseh anything i can do to get more power? or is it junk?
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2015, 08:41:35 am »
What constitutes a hopped up intake, and what carb is on it?
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Re: 16 hp enduro tecumseh anything i can do to get more power? or is it junk?
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2015, 10:45:23 am »
inside the elbow for air intake is swirrled like the inside of a gun with a 45 bend.... with filter on the end... doesnt want to open up all the way though...over half throttle it pukes.... and i have believe its a newer tecumseh carb with a plastic bowl....
used to have a walbro but it cracked it was old...
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Re: 16 hp enduro tecumseh anything i can do to get more power? or is it junk?
« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2015, 11:00:06 am »
Plastic bowl means Tecumseh series 7. Done right, they are good carbs.
Other than the intake, which I don't think is doing you any favors, is it stock?
Tecumseh coils don't like rpm.
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Re: 16 hp enduro tecumseh anything i can do to get more power? or is it junk?
« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2015, 11:39:52 am »
the engine is mostly stock unless i can find better stuff which at the moment.. no luck..
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Re: 16 hp enduro tecumseh anything i can do to get more power? or is it junk?
« Reply #5 on: February 15, 2015, 12:04:57 pm »
Same billet flywheel as the twins.
Twin billet connecting rod can be machined to work.
Factory replacement piston rings are no more.
Gasket sets are availble.
Stock rocker arms don't last (at least with the cams I use).
What are you using for a fuel pump?
What are your plans for this engine?
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Re: 16 hp enduro tecumseh anything i can do to get more power? or is it junk?
« Reply #6 on: February 15, 2015, 12:49:58 pm »
trying to get more hp out of it... thinkin of leaving this one mostly stock as far as my chassis, but i use it for drag racing in stock engine classes... im the under dog that isnt an under dog.. has alot of power just could use a little more to desimate the 18's-22 hp's..... anyways im really wondering about  setting some new rings in it maybe piston and wanted to see about shaving the head down some and maybe porting and polishing it.... but wasnt sure of the rarety of the parts for this model or if the engine can handle it.... otherwise i have a briggs 12.5 quiet maybe that would be worth it?...
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Re: 16 hp enduro tecumseh anything i can do to get more power? or is it junk?
« Reply #7 on: February 15, 2015, 01:12:36 pm »
They are capable of making good power.
All of the weak links have been pointed out in previous posts.
Factory replacement piston rings are nonexistant. They have been used up, or sitting on someones shelf in their shop.
I used to run Briggs singles. Went to Tecumseh and never looked back.
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Re: 16 hp enduro tecumseh anything i can do to get more power? or is it junk?
« Reply #8 on: February 15, 2015, 01:27:02 pm »
ya only problem is tecumseh is no longer.... whatever is out there for them is out there and yup thats that....
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