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    Default Best carb sync tool?

    Gauges or digital?

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    How about cheapest? Looks like it works. JImChuk
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    I use the Carb-Mate, seems to work well.
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    I use gauges and one important thing I have learned is to make sure whatever set of gauges you buy, they are liquid (usually glycerin) filled. This dampens the vibration of the needles and makes much more accurate and easy reading. My first set of gauges from Lockwood were not liquid filled and were hard to use. The set I use now are liquid filled, purchased from a local gauge shop and they work great. You might think that the little screw snubbers that came with the Lockwood gauge set would allow adequate dampening, but that is not true. The liquid filled with snubbers is the way to go.
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    Jim,
    Mind sharing the brand and scale of thr guages you use? I’m thinking I don’t need any Rotax specific plumbing as long as my hose connections are tight? Also, does hose length matter? Do they need to be equal? Assuming not since the Carbmate connects to the balance tube making the lengths different.

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    Default Re: Best carb sync tool?

    Given it is a pressure measurement (no flow) hose length should not matter.
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