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VFr 400 nc30 Backfiring :(
Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2013 5:29 pm
by Paragon
Hey all
I got myself vfr 400 nc30 but it needed a total motor rebuild, after getting the motor rebuild and we put everything on and connected all the wires , we started it up , but it sounded dead low revs and was back firing in the low revs 2but once the revs got abit higher it sounded more like a vfr *note* we did not replace the sparkplugs
i would just like to know what you think it might be ? sparkplugs ?
Thanks

Re: VFr 400 nc30 Backfiring :(
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2013 2:52 pm
by Paragon
Changed the sparkplugs ,still backfiring and struggles to go from 1000rmp to 2000 but once it gets over that it rides smooth until 8000rmp then it feels like the bike is sputtering ,once you get past that the bike feels dead.. i was wondering if it can be cam timing ? anyone able to help me
Re: VFr 400 nc30 Backfiring :(
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2013 3:38 pm
by CMSMJ1
so - has it ever worked?
Do you have the full airbox and the carbs setup as standard?
Is the speedo plugged in?
Re: VFr 400 nc30 Backfiring :(
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2013 6:41 pm
by Paragon
Hey , yes everything is still standard ,after driving the bike for about 10 minutes i got of to feel the pipes , the back 2 where warm , and the front 2 was ice cold. So what i'm thinking is that the front cam timing might be out
Re: VFr 400 nc30 Backfiring :(
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2013 6:48 pm
by bikemonkey
Might be carbs?
Re: VFr 400 nc30 Backfiring :(
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2013 7:48 pm
by Paragon
Hey, i have 2 sets of carbs... the bike still does the same

Re: VFr 400 nc30 Backfiring :(
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2013 9:14 pm
by Morespeedvicar
Are the front plugs sparking? I'd a thought you'd have to get the front cam timing out by quite alot for to not run at all, which would prob end up with bent valves.
Cheers
Ian
Re: VFr 400 nc30 Backfiring :(
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 12:49 am
by Neosophist
Morespeedvicar wrote:Are the front plugs sparking? I'd a thought you'd have to get the front cam timing out by quite alot for to not run at all, which would prob end up with bent valves.
Cheers
Ian
cam timing is easy to check so re-check
check for spart first, they share the same coil.
try swapping front / rear plugs see if the problem moves.
Re: VFr 400 nc30 Backfiring :(
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 2:11 pm
by Paragon
Thanks for the reply's. When we did the cam timing we turned the motor manually and it did not hit the top, so im sure it did not hit a valve, i will check the spark today and maybe try and get another CDI somewhere :)
Re: VFr 400 nc30 Backfiring :(
Posted: Thu Oct 03, 2013 4:56 pm
by Paragon
No luck, the back 2 cylinders seem to fire , but not the front we are really struggeing to get the front cam timing right front 2 cylinders have spark , but when i took out the spark plugs they wernt even dirty!