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Author: Subject: Colourtune at Full Throttle
RobBrown

posted on 2/9/12 at 05:36 PM Reply With Quote
Colourtune at Full Throttle

Hi Guys

Would you expect the Colourtune (ideal blue) colour to hold true at full throttle?

Mine goes orange. If the above should hold true then it would indicate too big a main jet!

Thanks
Rob

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craig1410

posted on 2/9/12 at 05:58 PM Reply With Quote
At full throttle I would expect it to go orange or yellow because the AFR at full throttle should be richer. If I remember correctly the best full power AFR is about 12.5:1 whereas at idle you want 14.7:1 or something like that. It you were running 14.7:1 AFR at full power then I would expect holes in your pistons...

By the way, I'm not sure if colortune is designed to run at full throttle. I would expect it to overheat.

HTH,
Craig.

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RobBrown

posted on 2/9/12 at 06:08 PM Reply With Quote
Thanks Craig - That's what I thought. I was hoping that the colourtune will help me out temporarily in determining whether I was runnign too rich or not at full throttle.

I don't have a lambda boss in the exhaust - and no AFR meter.

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perksy

posted on 2/9/12 at 06:17 PM Reply With Quote
Cololurtune is ok for basic set up at idle but the problem is reading it accurately when opening the throttle
Sadly no substitute for an accurate AFR gauge or similar

Dave Andrews jetting program is usually not far away and if you do a Google search you should be able to download it

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MikeRJ

posted on 2/9/12 at 10:59 PM Reply With Quote
I'm surprised the Colourtune stays in one piece at full throttle It's only designed for setting idle mixture AFAIK.
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