Tune Your S&S Super E Carb Like A PRO
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- In this video I'll show you how to tune your S&S Cycle Super E Carburetor the EASY way.
This Super E Carb Tuning method requires NO SPECIALTY TOOLS and can be done by ANYONE in just a few minutes.
A few things I'll cover in this video include...
-Resetting your carb to factory settings
-Adjusting your idle speed without a tachometer
-Setting your idle mix screw
-Adjusting your accelerator pump
-Determining whether your Main Jet and Intermediate Jets are correct
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"If we were smart people. We wouldn't be riding choppers" 😂
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Dude, your channel came out of nowhere for me, and I'm calling in now: in a few years, this is going to be one of the biggest moto maintenance channels on TH-cam. Yesterday, I rewired my Evo from scratch, using only your video on wiring as a guide. You've got a knack for explaining things in an easily understandable way. Keep it up man!
Man I can’t tell ya how much I appreciate this message. Really means a lot to hear this. I remember how much it sucked getting into this with no mentor, I hope to be that mentor for those who don’t have one yet.
If you ever need a video on a specific topic please feel free to reach out
I could not agree more. I’ve been racking my brain trying to figure out my carb issues. I understand what I have to do now in a matter of minutes. Thank you!!!!!
I appreciate you letting me know brotha, glad it helped!
Grease, your info is spot on THX. I picked up a FXDWG about 3 weeks ago, it ran like crap. I figured a rebuild,,,. Watched this vid. The bike runs incredible
I've tuned carburetors on different configurations and you got this video down pat. Concise and short enough without losing the critical information. 👍
This means a lot man. I spent a lot of time debating what to include and what to exclude so to get this comment makes it all worth it 🙏🏼
Thank you for taking your time explaining this step by step as though I was an idiot, because I often am. Your video is top tier.
I started in the same place. I try to make all my videos geared to what I would have needed at the beginning of my journey so I’m glad to hear they’re coming across clearly 🙏🏼 thank you for the feedback
Love stopping by the garage have a blessed week my friend.
I'm loving this!!! I've been working on my carb setup for a while and this is gonna get me all the way there. I've been running it rich to be on the safe side
Glad to help!
Really great video.
Thanks for this channel and your videos!
Awesome!
Good video, Brother. Concise and right on the money. Really enjoy your videos
Thanks Mark!
Grease!
Been a long time listener to the show and love you tube content for sharing all the chopper secrets no one lets out.
Thank you man! Keep ‘em coming!
I remember ya brother! Hope all is well man and thanks for checking out the channel 🙏🏼 if you are in need of a specific video let me know 🤘🏼
Thanks man, It was my first time with S&S Super E carb. it couldn't have been easier, thanks to your video, it went from Crap to Cream in a matter of minutes. Thanks again....
Really appreciate this comment man, thank you for letting me know it helped 🙏🏼
Absolutely great video. Where were you a year ago when I was trying to follow S&S's instructions and ended up just guessing?
Many thanks Grease.
Haha you and me both. The world needs guides for the common man and that’s what this channel is all about
Man your channel just showed to me, and you kinda just saved me. Ihaaa bike is running just fine now !!!!
That’s fantastic brotha I’m happy to hear this 🙏🏼
Loved the video - I’ll use tomorrow
Glad to hear it Mark 🤘🏼
Thank you for your knowledge I just rebuilt my 89 softail and cleaned s&s carb I adjusted for the first time in 31 years I still have to do the plug check going to do that after work today thank you very much
Happy to hear it’s helping!
Excellent video my friend ,I’ve just bought a xlh 1984 my first Harley ,it comes with the S&S shorty but has that dead spot when opening the throttle; I’ll give this a go for sure !
Thanks for your encouragement and passing on your knowledge 🙏
Definitely will be looking into your other videos
Let me know if you get it 👍🏼
Nice clip with good content, dude. Keep them coming!
Great video and very helpful
Thank you 🙏🏼
Great video for a noob like me, just got my dads 93 sporty chopper with an S&S super E and need to make some adjustments!
Good job with the explanations. Really helpful.
Thank you 🙏🏼
Fantastic video, very helpful, thanks man
Glad you liked it!
Really cool video
Great video dude!
Thanks!
Great video will defiantly return
Happy to hear that 🙏🏼
Well done Grease! BTW, my S&S runs a raindrop air clean cuz there ain't no cryin on my ride. 😎
Hahaha I gotta borrow that saying, I like that
Duuuuuuuude!!! thank you. I watched this to see what i was getting into and you answered the questions i had. I dont have a tach and the "if we were smart people, we wouldn't be riding choppers" comment hit the funny bone. Thanks brotha,ride safe.
Hahah glad to hear that! So many videos are so “buttoned up” and technical and that’s just not how we operate in this culture so I’m trying to make the instruction manuals for the real world
This channel will take off my friend. Thank you again for the very well put together video.
@FrankNStein-ww9gn I appreciate the kind words thank you 🙏🏼
I just got my first bike, a 93 Softail with a stock 80 inch Evo. It does have a set of pipes and a s&s super E carb. The bike ran fine when I got it but even better with help from this video. Only thing that would've made it better would be if he explained how to read the plugs.
Stoked to hear this! Thank you for commenting. That's a great point about reading the plugs but I think that needs its own video. It's in the works so stay tuned
Another video i needed! hellyeah! My bike isnt running without that choke out, opened her up and cleaned the internals but the issue remains... hopfully this help. thanks dude!
If your jets are clean, truly clean and you can see daylight through them, and it won’t run without the choke on…first thing I’d suggest is a larger pilot jet
@@greasesgarage Thanks! I'v actually had the complete set of jets in my lowbrow shopping cart for a month now 😅gonna give it a shot.
@@Harsh_Trip you and me both, I don’t even have the 74 jet I need to put in yet haha
@@greasesgarage haha it’s too bad they don’t let you buy them individually or within a smaller range. Oh well!
After changing cams to put points on my "modern" 12-sporty, i can't get a good AFR on the stock CV40, i have found a gazilion-hand Super-E, bought a renovation kit, waiting for the jets, but i am glad you done theses video about the E, it help me to know easely where to start, and i am confident it will be a more suited carb for my config.
Point ignition and Super-E, it seems to be a bulletproof combo.
It really is such a reliable setup I think you’ll like it a lot more than the CV, I never cared for the CV carb.
Let me know how it goes and thank you for the kind words I’m glad the videos are making it clear and easy 🙏🏼
Awesome video, you got a badass seat on that bike! The super e is going to push my Ironhead sportster, well see how she does
Glad you’re giving it a shot! Love the super e for any Harley. Thank you, the seat is a custom pan I made and my younger brother did the upholstery work
Next, we need a basic CV carb rebuild and tune video 😉😉
Hahah, this channel is gonna force me to eventually talk about CV carbs
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I've had great success with following this set up.
With the cv you want to make it run lean on the top band of rpm and lean at the bottom and richer in the middle . Big mistake to up your main jet in a cv
Thanks!
Thank you Cliff! I really appreciate the support brotha 🙏🏼 you’re the first person to do this for my channel and it means a lot man
Great job brother, hopefully this shade tree mechanic can get his bike running the way it should.
You can do it man 🤘🏼
Cool
I work on a lot of guys Harley's I hate the S&S carburetors once they need rebuilt it is hard to get it right again. I have Linkard Bendix and CV40 carburetors on my bikes they all run great.
Love the s&s superE series
Great carbs for sure
@@greasesgarage I’m running a 70 main and my plugs look pretty much like yours you think a 72 would be good?
@@travislohneis224I think a 72 would help but depending on your setup you might need even bigger than that
@@greasesgarage it’s a 1200 custom s&s carb obviously …drag pipes that’s about it
@@travislohneis224 hmm, for a 1200 that might be a little big but it’s possible if you have a very free flowing air cleaner
Are you running the brass Speed Dealer Customs velocity stack? I have the exact set up but I went in a did a once over with some Mothers polish.
I am yes, awesome kit. I have to put the tear drop back on to test a theory I had so depending on how that goes I’ll either keep the stack or the teardrop
Grease! Man, you are my go-to bike/chopper guru now. I built a chopper from the ground up and your videos were invaluable, especially with the wiring.
I have a carb question. My donor motor is a 250cc Chinese Honda clone that came off a cheap dual sport and the carb is pretty bare bones; the only adjustment screw is the idle. I put a pod air filter and straight pipe on it. It runs perfectly with even power all through the throttle range, and there's no popping or backfiring when I let off the gas. Can I take this as an indication that the mixture is good enough that I don't need to re-jet the carb? I don't want to ruin the engine by running too lean, but it seems to be fine as is.
I would take it as a good indicator absolutely. If you were lean you’d experience some poor performance and popping out of the carb. If you wanted to be extra sure, run it wide open for a stretch, 5-6 seconds at top gear full throttle, and kill the motor and coast to a stop.
Pull the plug and check it for color. It should be a golden brown. Basically anything besides clean white or cooked. That will be your truest test but again, not hearing popping or poor performance is quite a positive sign already
@@greasesgarage -- I'll do it. Thanks, man!
I have 1330 S&S been off the road in storage for 2 years before that it kept fouling plugs, any idea what it maybe? Also started happening after i got my carby changed
Thanks
Most likely too large of a jet, what sizes are you running
I reset my carb and when i started it was like i had it enriched. I had to turn the idle screw out luke 3 times to get it off 2k rpm. Im just assuming i had it far too tight to start. I have a tach so i could get it to the rpm before i rode it.
Were you able to get it running well and idling properly
I don’t get it ??? How you gonna turn your idol speed screw 1/2 “IN” after lightly seated down ? Can go anymore .
Something I’m not getting ? Or did you mean to say 1/2 turn out after seated ?
Thanks
Just give it a shot you’ll see
I share in your confusion. That part was not clear and the wording contradictory. I think what he meant was, if you unseat the idle screw all the way the butterfly valve will close. So by “turning it in” 1/2 turn, the butterfly valve will open slightly letting the engine idle just enough. If you seat the idle screw all the way, the engine will race once you start the bike. I have a S&S Super E on my 2001 Indian Scout with a stock tear drop air filter & stock pipes. I’ve been fiddling with this carb for a while now & learning through trial & error. The verbiage on the instructions, written or spoken, can be confusing when actually performing the factory settings tuning.
@@yayagazab4449 thanks for your message . I took a better look at the carb and then understood better what was mentioned .
I’m used to different carbs not realizing that the screw was to adjust the butterfly .
First time messing with an S&S … thanks again !
@@yayagazab4449 this is correct. You make contact with the plate that opens the butteryfly and once you touch it, go another 1/2 turn
Great beginners tutorial for sure. I'm not being rude, but I'll add a bit to this though.
This is all assuming that your intake boots are sealed, ignition timing is correct and valves adjusted properly.
If you are running drag pipes the a/f mix and jets are going to be slightly different than if you're running a crossover tube or two into one pipe.
The a/f mix can be checked with a vacuum gauge and/or a can of carburetor cleaner too.
One more thing. If your timing plug is out or have a see through plug, you can get real close to the proper idle speed if you can blink your eyes and count the blinks in a minutes time as well!
Btw, you're hand jammer and suicide clutch is too cool. It's what separates the men from the boys!
All great points. Definitely have to make a few assumptions to find a starting place for the video but those issues will throw a wrench into what the viewer is seeing here so hopefully people check out these comments. Always more info to share so I appreciate the reply 🙏🏼
How about a video talking about carb sizing. So many S&S carbs to choose from, how do I know the right one for my bike?
Great question. In all honesty I’ll have to do some research myself before making that video but I will put it on the list 👍🏼
I was told by some old heads S&S super B is for 80ci and lower S&S super E 88ci to I believe 96ci and S&S super G is what I have is for big CI motors. I have a 131 CI merch performance with a S&S super G
Dude awesome this video helps me a lot. Do you have one on making your bike start up easily with kick only? I find my starting sequence is a lot more difficult when the engine is warm. Fires up on a dime when it’s cold
Sounds like I have another video to make haha, that’s a great question and I used to have that problem too. Used to give me problems after I’d fill up at the pump. What ignition and bike you running?
@@greasesgarage so I watched your video about what to do when your motorcycle won’t start and between this video and that video I have a much better understanding and I’m sure if I get everything dialed in on the carb and everything is good with the battery etc I should be having an easier time. My starting sequence is good when cold only takes 2 kicks most of the time but when it’s warm I have a different sequence and sometimes that works but sometimes I gotta walk away for about a half hour lol I have the s&s HI-4N electric ignition. Thanks for any help
@@caseycarey5445one thing I can say for sure has helped me (and you may already be doing this) is to never use the choke to start the bike once it’s already warm. It’ll flood immediately. Another thing I do is with the ignition OFF I will find the correct stroke first, then key on, then kick and it almost always kicks over on the first kick this way.
@@greasesgarage good to know that thanks I’m definitely gonna try. I know in the s&s manual for hot start it says to choke it and then give two quick quarter turns of throttle. I’ve found it works sometimes but if it doesn’t happen to fire then it floods. I forgot to mention I have the thunderjet kit installed too but as far as I know it shouldn’t affect starting. It just gives it a third fuel circuit.
@@caseycarey5445 very curious about that thunder jet
I have a 85 Harley Electra Glide 1340cc that has a voes vacuum hose, "where do u connect to the super e carburator ".
Great question. On mine the S&S manifold which holds the super E has a hose barb facing up right in the middle of the manifold. Connect your voes hose to that 👍🏼
Love me super e carby running one on my turbo shovelhead grate video mate 👌
Super E’s forever 💪🏼 find me on insta if you’re on there I’d love to see that turbo shovel
Grease what year is your Evo? and is your intake manifold a "S&S-160-1628"?
My evo is a 1994 so the “head breather” variety. I will have to double check the manifold tonight
Hey Grease what do you think of the yost carb spacer?
I haven’t heard of it before to be honest, what’s it for
What about sputtering when at full throttle?? Where should I start looking
If you’re getting a sputter or missing at full throttle I would assume you have a lean main jet because I also had a sputter and as you see in this video my main was very lean
How do i know im starting in the right place when screwing 1/2 turn in
Look behind the screw at the tab it presses on. Turn it in until it just begins to make contact with the tab. Then go 1/2 a turn more. It’s not a super fine science with that one though so don’t stress it, anywhere in that region will get you going and if your bike sounds like it’s at wide open throttle just back that screw off
Yeah I just picked up one on a used motorcycle a 1980 and I haven't filled with an s&s since the late 70s....
Hey I got a question. I got a super e on my shovel, when i have the enrichment on, it doesn’t increase my idle, instead it sounds like a vacuum leak, you can hear a sucking sound. Is this normal? The bike seems to start fine, but I live in hot weather
Not normal, idle should definitely increase. What air filter you running? Is there a carb support?
Stock S&s tear drop. Has the stock support that comes off the front head.
What velocity stack are you running?
Speed dealer customs
Grease , just wondering what size intermediate jet you was running?
29.5
@@greasesgaragesorry I ment the other jet inside the float bowl ? Don’t know what it’s called? Do you know?
@conwaybloodstock6196 main jet, I run a 72 for that one
Perfect, I m in.
My evo’s been running good but i noticed its bogging when i get on it in 3rd gear. Smaller main jet?
What size motor and what jets currently?
@@greasesgarage i think its over 80” has a ton of compression. Ran the same jets you are & it ran like shit haha Running a 72 main & a 28 intermediate now
Factory settings would include factory jetting , correct?
What are the factory jets ?
It would not because I have no idea what bike you’re riding with this carburetor and it depends on the bike it’s on
1998 big twin . But this is an aftermarket carb so it would come new in a box with the jets that correspond to these factory settings unless I'm missing something
If I set the carb to these settings it's way too rich which leads me to think the jets or a jet is too big.
@leoispoop I would ask the seller, I’m not sure that there’s one set of jets that every super E will always ship with
Great video but you should have told us what to look for on the plus
On what?
@@greasesgarage s&s card setup
@@greasesgarage at the end you show the plugs but don't say what your looking for
Ohh plugs! Yes I see what you’re saying now. I’ll have to do a whole video on that it’s too much for this video
What if your engine idles to high when you stop at a light and then slowly drops
The most common cause for that is an air leak. It idles high because it’s still drawing as you come to a stop but once you’re stopped the draw slows and it eventually settles back down
@@greasesgarage I’ll take a look at the intake
If you increase your main jet do you have to re tune?
You should be ok where you’re at if you swap the main, the pilot you would wanna retune
Great video man thanks
I just did these settings. Now it won't start. So these "back to factory settings" don't work
These are direct from S&S, so I can assure you they work. How about some more context? What motor, what jets do you have? We can’t help you without info
is it my imagination or are the front forks bent.
I hope it’s your imagination hahah
ok then. what size jet did it take to get it the way it should be. my new carb is doing my plugs exactly the same way. thanks@@greasesgarage
74 main will fix it
Y’all need to watch the video multiple times or smoke less weeds or drink less drank. Or just pay attention. Jesus
Followed your instructions but i was also confused with the idle instructions?🤔 Can't turn in after seated so i left it at that. Started bike and idled so fast I'm glad it didn't blow motor but after i turned it back out to where it idled low turn it back up to where i thought idle was good bike is running the best it ever did. Delete that video and redo a new one explaining idle adjustment before someone blows a motor.
If you watched the video, you’ll see seated means it just touches the screw to the metal tab. I show it visually in the video. I’ve never had someone interpret it the way you did
Well for a first timer like me I still don't know what tab you're talking about. You say when it seats half turn in🤔 and did watch video several times to figure out what you were talking about
FRENCH LANGAGE, PLEASE !!!
It should allow you to choose French captions
@@greasesgarage I went to your settings there is no French
@@greasesgarage I have a shovel with a shorty I can't adjust my recovery pump
the jets are 72 for the main and 29.5 for the pilot
what do you recommend in terms of number of turns?
Shoot I’ll have to look into this, that might be a TH-cam thing though because I don’t think there’s an option for me to change anything
To adjust accelerator pump you want to start from all the way in and turn out in half turn increments until you get a good throttle response
Don’t adjust it when it’s cold but makes you reset/adjust it and go ride it to warm it up😂☠️
Some people just can’t grasp the basics 🤷♂️
S&S E is a good carb, but overpriced.
The nice part is they’re literally everywhere so getting them second hand for $200 and below is no difficulty at all
I'm running a S&S knock off from amazon and surprisingly enough it works very well and cost me a meager $52 new and $28 for the manifold. Hard to choke down $450 without at least giving the amazon a shot
Worse tuning vid I think I’ve seen yet. You need to take this down. I can only image how many heart aachs you’ve caused
Your comment helps my channels metrics and ensures that TH-cam continues to push the video out to more people. Thank you 🙏🏼
@@greasesgarage that maybe true. But I’m team ppl. So healthy communication should be the only info in a perfect world. Your tuning knowledge is not up to par. Step it up an become better or be on team evil and push trash
@@acurarl9929 if you were team ppl as you say, you’d make a better guide. If you’re here to build up, get to building. Do the work. The community needs you.
If not, you’re just tearing down 🤷♂️
@@greasesgarage for sure they absolutely do. And sometimes I need them that’s why it’s a shame to see information that isn’t just coach talk it’s information that’s going to cause ppl the loss of physical time in life leading them the wrong way.
@@greasesgarage we all need lots of “ME’S”
You didn’t even try to look at the plug. Like what are you doing
Pls no one tune according to this guy. He has no idea what he’s looking at when looking at a plug ect ect
Thanks!
Thank you Harry! I really appreciate your support of the channel 🙏🏼🙏🏼