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Hi all, about a month ago I went to fire up my vmax (had been sitting since last summer when I ruptured my achilles) and it started leaking fuel from the fuel pump - it looks like the plastic housing has deteriorated. This is actually the 2nd time it's happened, the first time as a result of...

About a year ago, I had gotten some bad gas that destroyed my fuel pump and gummed up the carbs pretty well. I ended up getting some ebay carbs to get it running while I sorted out the other set. I tried the peashooter trick with the carbs off (and also fixed a messed up pilot screw) and put...

I love my vmax but my first love has always been cars. I road race as a hobby and am considering building an SCCA D-sport racer, which is basically an unlimited class with 1 liter displacement limit. I'm wondering if it's possible to get a vmax engine down to 1000cc by reducing the stroke -...

I'm having some trouble getting the mixture screws to properly seat in 2 of my carbs. One side will thread in a few turns and then gets difficult to turn, the other will not even catch. I took an LED flashlight and looked at them and it looks like the threads need to be cleaned up. Does anybody...

Hi guys, first post here - I just picked up an '85 vmax with 69k miles. Description was that it ran well up until last year, then sat over winter and wouldn't run due to the carbs being gummed up. The owner apparently spent a bunch of money on the carbs with no luck (new diaphrams and some...