Going over pictures from left to right
#1 pic. is this at the initial set-up?
#2 pic. looks good
#3 pic. this gets the final adjustment in the water to set-up the idle-rpms in neutral & in gear
#4 this would be the position of the cam-plate when the engine it in neutral/idle after set-up but NOT at Wide open throttle
Order of events to set-up
#1 set static-timing
#2 link & sync. Carburetors by setting-up all carbs. opening/closing equally. set cam & bushing bushing
#3 verify when in WOT all butterflies are open equally
#4 start motor in neutral in water adjust bolt on timing tower (at the bottom) to 1100 or so if achieved... put in gear verify it runs around 750-800 rpms
sometimes you may have to tweak (very very slightly) the lump sided bushing slightly to achieve a smooth idle
Thanks. That is the order I set it up except i did it with a water hose at the house and not in the water at the lake.... and before I get into answering this I want to add that in that set up i kept getting a backfire/pop out of the carbs. So this morning I went out and advanced the timing and now it no longer backfires/pops out of the carb... instead I'm getting a pop out of the exhaust? Mixture is what I'm guessing...
So pic 1 of the cam plate is how I set it up in neutral/idle (throttle straight up and down) by adjusting the throttle cable and the double sided screw. The 2nd pic of the cam plate is when the throttle is in neutral/wot (where the throttle is in neutral but forward for starting)... not actually "wot" lol.... sorry I dont know what that's called.
The picture of the flywheel is where I had the timing set up.. but as I mentioned it was backfiring out of the carbs so I advanced it until that stopped. I have not retested to see where it is at now.
I know this has been a lot and I have searched a lot of other threads on here.. I just want to say thank you all for the helpful advice... the videos... and most importantly your patience lol.. this is a great forum and you are greatly appreciated.