I went ahead and bought the 46 tonight. One of the major factors in the decision was Mr. HP's commitment to customer service. Well that combined along with all the "happy" HP research customers. I figure if Mr. HP was a flake then it would be well known by now. I have studied both statistics and testimony. Only question....Do I need to mod anything besides the stock thumb throttle? I.E. cable?? Thanks

 

I am running mine with the air box off. made a mount for the snorkle. and relocated the rectifier/reg. I am thinking about putting my lectron setup on ebay. and going back to stock to sell my quad. anybody know what a good price for a slightly used lectron,cable,twist throttle and intake boot would be worth?

 

PM me about your lectron. What model is it?? 46/48hv

Justin

 

Your airbox will need to be taken off, and the rectifier will need to be relocated. I mounted mine on the rear fender . Its easy to install but takes some time.

 

Ive already ditched the stock air box and am only running the intake tube and filter. Any comments on how to set up the throttle cable with the stock thumb throttle?

 

Did you talk to Eric about running the stock throttle? Last I spoke to him he doesn't recomend that setup any more, and especially not for people who ride in sand, such as you and I both do.

 

Does the Lectron automatically re-adjust for altitude/weather?? I e-mailed Mr. HP and he made it sound like it does.

 

I would say for all intents and purposes, yes it does. The deal is that the primary fuel metering device in the Lectron is called the Metering rod, and this controls the fuel for most of the RPM range as I understand it. Also, one metering rod has the fuel delivery range of (and this is a guess) 35 main jets. (probably not that many, but it gives you a good idea of what it does.) Basically there is a very narrow band per main jet in an average carburetor where that jet will deliver the right amount of fuel, beyond that it is too rich or too lean. The metering rod, has a very wide band of fuel delivery extending to well beyond just a few jet sizes which allows the engine to get the right amount of fuel even if you have a substantial change in elevation or temperatue etc. I'm not exactly sure what causes the carburetor to deliver more or less fuel in that sort of change however due to however it works, it has that ability to 'auto-adjust.' I haven't taken my quad up to the 7000' ftrange lately but I may end up doing that one of these days as there is a very fun riding area near my house at a very high elevation. My normal riding area is between 0 ft and 3000 ft elevation, thus when I take it up to 7000 ft that will be a major elevation change and should be a good example of the carburetors ability to adjust.

 

Dsjobber, I modified my stock throttle. It works fine, I would like the moose though. However if you do modify it, make sure you take enough out. Clear a window just larger than need to be, and I took mine completely off to the handlebar. With it done and no snorkle on, open the throttle all the way, reach in the carb and make sure the throttle valve is open all the way and not hanging down into the carb. Then take out enough of the lever inside the throttle assembly to let it close all the way. Check this with the machine running, with the idle adjuster all the way out, the bike should die. Keep taking more out until this happens then readjust you idle screw. Hope this helps, Jed.

 

YOU NOT REGRET IT. After all my hop ups (720 kit, head porting, cams) where I felt the biggest difference was adding that carb. It woke my bike up considerably. It can be a pain to tune perfectly, but its very easy to richen/lean. I would go as far as saying it's even easier than the stocker. I suggest getting a thumb throttle from Moose. Will make things look tidy, and save a lot of heacache. Ask Eric to send you a pic on how to rout the throttle cable. Your going to love the carb.


By the way.. anyone who owns one I have a quick question for you all. If you stab the throttle very, very quickly how does the bike respond? I just want to compare notes.