demus wrote:
Just went thru your build thread on KTC….WOW. Beautiful project, and it must be fun to have a dyno.
Love the, paint, clutch cover and the exhaust the bike looks bad A**! And with over 100hp!
I read you are running a Zeeltronic, Reeds, and 34vm Mikunis.
Have you done any testing of different curves?
Any insight into timing curves; where to start?
What changes made the most difference?
What NOT to do?
I have a zeel unit that I will be playing with soon and any input would help.
Thank's for all kind words

Yes, I am running the Zeel. Not reeds at the moment, but Vm34 with UFO's.
The programmable ignition unit gives you some more power all over, but maye not as much as I hoped for.
BUT, it helps "repairing" my middle rpm power. Thing is, I have Jollymoto pipes, and they are rerally race pipes, not street pipes like f.ex Higgspeed or Denco.
That means, they are fatties with a steep and short last cone. In combination with my pretty square exhaust port shape, that combo gives a very "hard" returning wave. When pistons are just about to close thye transfers, that returning wave interupts the flow upstream transfers/boosts, and gives you a flat spot.
When using Zeel, you may weaken that wave by more advanced timing. More advance gives less exhaust pressure pulse/wave down pipes, thus weaker returning wave. That is good, as weaker returning wave do not interupt scavenging and also push down upcoming flow from crankcase down transfers again that much as a stronger wave does.
SO, best result for BOTH my reeded set up AND the pport UFO'ed set up is as much as 29 degrees advance just before pistons closes transfers. (at approximately 2/3 rpm of max torque rpm, in my cases 5500-6000 rpm)
And I use 20 or something on top, and you will see that by giving more retard in that rpm area in fact gives you higher rpm before stalling, thus more power (power hp = torque x rpm)
I can have a look at my custom timing curve at the zeel later today, and post it here. Be aware that the 29 degree timing in tha flat spot area most likely will not fit your engine, but I can say that f.ex 25-26 will give more power down low and in middle rpm area than the stoch 23 degrees.
best
Jorgen