Tune up specs
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Tune up specs
Looking for ignition tune up specs for an 86 big twin. My clymer manual has some contradicting info in it as far as rpm to check at and total degrees of advance.....
I've never had a problem with the bike pinging under load but my spark plugs have a small amount of aluminum deposits on them so I better check it out.
I've never had a problem with the bike pinging under load but my spark plugs have a small amount of aluminum deposits on them so I better check it out.
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I just installed a s&s super e so I'm still dialing in the jetting. Currently running a .295 pilot 70 main and a 60 air bleed. No popping on decel so i think pilot is OK and the main feels good as well. Midrange is flat so I'm gonna try and go back to a 40 air bleed. I've put about 100 miles on and the base ring of the plug has decent color but the porcelains are still white.
Thanks for the help, I'll get some pictures up and see what you think.
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Preignition/Detonation
Porcelain = the porcelain shows up preignition/detonation, it will not accurately reveal jetting/air/fuel ratios. To look for the first/beginning signs of detonation, search the white porcelain for tiny black specks or shiny specks of aluminum that have fused to the porcelain. When detonation occurs, part of the air/fuel mixture explodes instead of burning, the explosion is heard as a "metallic knock", this audible knock is the result of a sound shock-wave, this shock wave travels back and forth across the clearance volume "disrupting" the cooler boundary layer gases that cover the entire clearance volume area.
Info came from here:
http://www.wallaceracing.com/plug-reading-lm.html
And more good info here (lengthy but still good info):
https://honda-tech.com/forums/forced...2A%2A-3063102/
And I really like this diagram:
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...blUVpaBooLJ6nA
Porcelain = the porcelain shows up preignition/detonation, it will not accurately reveal jetting/air/fuel ratios. To look for the first/beginning signs of detonation, search the white porcelain for tiny black specks or shiny specks of aluminum that have fused to the porcelain. When detonation occurs, part of the air/fuel mixture explodes instead of burning, the explosion is heard as a "metallic knock", this audible knock is the result of a sound shock-wave, this shock wave travels back and forth across the clearance volume "disrupting" the cooler boundary layer gases that cover the entire clearance volume area.
Info came from here:
http://www.wallaceracing.com/plug-reading-lm.html
And more good info here (lengthy but still good info):
https://honda-tech.com/forums/forced...2A%2A-3063102/
And I really like this diagram:
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...blUVpaBooLJ6nA
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Thanks for the links Yankee Dog, some real good info there.
internally the motor is stock aside from an s&s 508 cam. Running a s&s teardrop air cleaner, v&h 2into1 pro pipe, and stock ignition pickup and coil.
I've never touched the timing, so that's why I want to throw a light on it this weekend and check it out. I had the pickup out when I did the cam but all I did was mark the plate and throw it back in.....
What do I set the rpms at to check for the 35 degree mark on the flywheel?
internally the motor is stock aside from an s&s 508 cam. Running a s&s teardrop air cleaner, v&h 2into1 pro pipe, and stock ignition pickup and coil.
I've never touched the timing, so that's why I want to throw a light on it this weekend and check it out. I had the pickup out when I did the cam but all I did was mark the plate and throw it back in.....
What do I set the rpms at to check for the 35 degree mark on the flywheel?