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Poor Acceleration
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 1:53 pm
by cuttigy
I have an 85' Spree and it idles fine. Top speed is good around 30 MPH. However, acceleration from 5-15 is horrible. I have to fan the throttle to get it to maximize the acceleration. Even doing this it still seem sluggish. I have cleaned the carb, any ideas on where to start.
Thanks for any help.
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 2:22 pm
by vette76
could be a compression problem. is it hard to start when warm?
Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 12:55 am
by noiseguy
Do you have an air filter, in place and in good shape?
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 4:11 pm
by Mormonmopedmaifa
sounds like what was goin on with mine. turns out i only got 50 lbs of compresion. lol it's a wonder i even got it started with that compresion.
Still not running
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 12:47 am
by cuttigy
My filter seems good, I could not find anywhere on how to test for compression. I found a section that says "Connect compression tester".
Where do you connnect it, any step by step instructions?
Any estimates on how much a shop would charge for a ring job?
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 6:53 am
by darat
ha ha 50PSI my elite only had 25 it barley ran. that was like * trying to start. You just had to kick it really hard and then i would start.
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 6:46 pm
by Mike
NEW BELT! check it because my spree had the same problem, my belt was extremely straetched so it coundnt get any traction. changed the belt so now it accelerates like a badash
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 5:10 pm
by darat
I guess that makes since the belt..
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 5:47 pm
by MySpree
man i remember that when u rode it to my house that day! it took u like 5 mins to start it!
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 5:48 pm
by darat
hey that was before i knew that the ring was broken..
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 5:51 pm
by MySpree
i know u talked to me 2 days later OMG I LOST MY TOP PITON RING IT WASNT EVEN THERE!!!
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 5:57 pm
by darat
it was just gone...
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 5:59 pm
by MySpree
yea its in ur muffler!
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 9:50 pm
by Mike
replace the belt for sure.
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 10:46 pm
by MySpree
i had a accel prob.. clogged muffler