CAJUN BANSHEE Posted October 11, 2011 Report Posted October 11, 2011 O.k. I know I wasnt specific about what I needed to know when I posted I was converting to alky a few days ago. Sorry, Ill try harder this time. Have a 4mil converted to alky with 36mm carbs, idle air is 2 turns out, timming advanced to +8, plugs (wich are br8es} have little to no color except for a small firing mark on the bottom of each plug after running the piss out of her. Is that normal on alky? Thanks for any replies unless they are sarcastic, but those are funny sometimes too. Quote
BigRed350x Posted October 11, 2011 Report Posted October 11, 2011 (edited) Methanol plugs won't show much color. You are looking for discoloration on the ring around the electrode and discoloration on the strap. You should do some research and look for other pics before you just swap over to methanol and give it hell... Your running the wrong plugs for starters... Is your gas cap modded? Got a pingel? Billet bowls? Mains? Dumps? Needles? Pilots? Elevation? Outside air temps? Pickup coil gap? plug gap? are your domes cut specifically for methanol or are they just off-the-shelf domes? Need more details on engine setup... Edited October 11, 2011 by BigRed350x Quote
CAJUN BANSHEE Posted October 11, 2011 Author Report Posted October 11, 2011 Methanol plugs won't show much color. You are looking for discoloration on the ring around the electrode and discoloration on the strap. You should do some research and look for other pics before you just swap over to methanol and give it hell... Your running the wrong plugs for starters... Is your gas cap modded? Got a pingel? Billet bowls? Mains? Dumps? Needles? Pilots? Elevation? Outside air temps? Pickup coil gap? plug gap? are your domes cut specifically for methanol or are they just off-the-shelf domes? Need more details on engine setup... Well you will beat it out of me if you have to huh? lol Good. Yes yes yes and maybe, Luke at LRE racing built this motor and carbs specifically for methanol, I bought the motor and ran gas carbs (c12) and it run like sht. Finally found methanol and I just dont want to blow up my motor. I do have discoloration on the ring around the electrode and the strap but not all the way around. Elevation is sea level and its muggy at 90 deg. plug gap at .018, but you lost me on pickup coil gap. I hear BR9evix or BR8evix are the plugs to run but havent found them in town yet. Hope thats a little more info, thanks alot bud Quote
BigRed350x Posted October 11, 2011 Report Posted October 11, 2011 BR9ES plugs are a good start until you get it jetted correctly. Post up pics of your plugs. Good pics. Check out all of the other threads about jetting an alky or methanol setup. Quote
4MiLLDraGSheE Posted October 11, 2011 Report Posted October 11, 2011 I was gunna say i was running br8es plugs and they backed out a couple times and jd introduced me to the 9's and fixed all the probs i was having. Heres a threAd i found useful. Sorry for the forum jump and i didnt find it Mike sent me the link. http://forums.atvdragracers.com/topic/485-alkyrace-gas-tuning-tips/page__st__20 Quote
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