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RE: new guys

To: "Jon Wennerberg" <jonw@up.net>, "lone eagle"
Subject: RE: new guys
From: "Dave Dahlgren" <ddahlgren@snet.net>
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 09:15:02 -0500
There is no excuse for the fueling to be rich so bad it fouls the plugs at
any rpm with EFI... Even a middle of the road system will be better than
that at any RPM.. What system is it and who sort of tuned it??
Dave



> Hello, Dad.  I hit the button somewhere past 9,000rpm (no pushrods in
> my motor!), but am planning on redoing the fuel map to help me get
> through the first couple of miles.  I'm just finishing my first year of
> running N2O, and didn't think to have a lean (read: gas) mixture below
> 9 grand, so everything loaded up real bad during the first 3 1/2 miles.
>   I'd be feathering the throttle 'cause it was running so rich, swearing
> at the dirty plugs as I rode, and all that stuff -- and still have
> dirty plugs when I'd get to the middle mile where I push the button.
> It'd take a little while for the nitrous to burn off the crud -- then
> wowee-zowee, off I'd go!.
>
> This year the map will be lean below 8,500 or so to let me get halfway
> down the course, then rich for when the nitrous starts flowing.
> Ignition map will follow the same type of strategy.
>
> And there'll be a BIG sticker plainly visible to the rider saying: "Do
> not hit the button 'til over 9,000 rpm!!!"
>
> Ah, the beauty of programmable ignition and F.I.  Now, if I can figure
> out how to enter the program into the bike right I won't make so many
> ashtrays, but that's another story...
>
>
>
>                  Jon Wennerberg
> Seldom Seen Slim Land Speed Racing
>               Marquette, Michigan
>               (that's 'way up north)






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