I have a few questions about ColourTune that I should have included in
previous message. Anybody who has owned one and used it can probably help.
1. I believe that you can set the mixture using the flame colour. Is there
any claims as to how accurate this is? ie. Can I tune the car well
enough to pass emissions testing or does it just tell you when your
mixture is widly off?
2. I like the colortune idea because you can see how each cylinder is
doing independently. Is this true in practice or does the fact that
colortune is a different than a spark plug mess things up? ie. that
cylinder doesn't burn as well throwing off engine balance. I would
think it would be really usefull for multiple carbs.
3. Is it usefull for tuning at speeds other than idle or are you limited
to that? ie. Does the spark plug hold up under higher rpms, temps,
pressure etc?
4. I am planning to first use colortune on my VW rabbit to help me diagnose
a slightly erratic idle and then onto various british beasts. Are there
any limitations on which vehicles it will work? I am thinking of
spark plug reach in this case.
Any and all comments welcome. Thanks for your patience. --rod.
--
Rod Barman, Dept. of E.E., University of British Columbia
rodb@salmon.ee.ubc.ca
|