VRHS43A@prodigy.com (MR JOHN H TWIST) writes:
>It is my
>experience that the charts provided with the colourtune tool demand a BLUE
>flame, when, in fact, the MG idles best with an ORANGE flame. I do not use
>the colourtune myself, and have experiemented with it only twice -- but
>those were my findings. GO FOR THE RED!! John Twist
Hmm. Puzzling.
While I can't convincingly argue with the experience of a seasoned pro, and
I'm not trying to start a "flame" war (Bwahahaha! I kill me!), but that one
seems rather counter-intuitive.
Blue flame = complete combustion, i.e. stoichiometric or lean mixture.
Yellow flame = incomplete combustion, i.e. rich
So, with a yellow flame you're throwing too much fuel in. The only time I
can think that you'd want a rich mixture is during acceleration. Sure, a
rich idle mixture will probably idle smoothly, but I worry about plugs
quickly fouling with carbon, not to mention wasted fuel. Also, those
subject to emissions testing will most likely fail due to high HC content if
you don't dial in a lean mixture beforehand.
Probably what you really want would be a just-barely-out-of-the-yellow flame.
Just my $2.0E-2
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