Do these plugs look LEAN to you?

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23 Aug 2017 12:04 #769549 by JWKZ750
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So i got the ThermoDipstick today. Should help me keep tabs on the engine heat.

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23 Aug 2017 16:01 #769569 by zukdave
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I don't go by a color chart because most where made when fuel was leaded and unleaded fuel does not color plug's the same.

1980 KZ650 F1
ZX750A1 motor.
Wiseco 810cc kit.
Zukiworks racing ported head.
VM 29 smooth bore's.
Dyna 2000 Ign. w/Dyna mini coil's
APE cylinder stud's and nut's.
APE valve spring's.
APE Track King clutch.
V/H KZ1000 sidewinder.
3.5x18 laced to a KZ1000 disk hub.
150/60/18 Shinko 006 Podium.
63" wheel base.

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23 Aug 2017 16:26 #769573 by Scirocco
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How do a perfect spark plug look like with unleaded fuel.
Some pics would be nice, i have to know/learn the unleaded fuel reference spark plug color now for future posts like this.

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23 Aug 2017 17:08 #769578 by zukdave
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I run 125 mains in a set of VM29's on my 810cc motor and they are almost white after a plug chop done right
After street riding for a while they get a little tan color to them.

IMHO if you have a modded motor buy a Colortune and learn to use it.
When I got mine I stuck it in an old Brigg's lawnmower and played with the choke to make it go rich or lean watching the color change.

1980 KZ650 F1
ZX750A1 motor.
Wiseco 810cc kit.
Zukiworks racing ported head.
VM 29 smooth bore's.
Dyna 2000 Ign. w/Dyna mini coil's
APE cylinder stud's and nut's.
APE valve spring's.
APE Track King clutch.
V/H KZ1000 sidewinder.
3.5x18 laced to a KZ1000 disk hub.
150/60/18 Shinko 006 Podium.
63" wheel base.

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23 Aug 2017 17:29 #769582 by Scirocco
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or by an O2 sensor kit like Autotune

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23 Aug 2017 18:58 #769603 by zukdave
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Autotune only works on a EFI motor what you're thinking is a WEGO type setup that data log's off an 02 sensor
then down load the info. I think a WEGO setup run's a little over $400 buck's a color tune is about $80 buck's

1980 KZ650 F1
ZX750A1 motor.
Wiseco 810cc kit.
Zukiworks racing ported head.
VM 29 smooth bore's.
Dyna 2000 Ign. w/Dyna mini coil's
APE cylinder stud's and nut's.
APE valve spring's.
APE Track King clutch.
V/H KZ1000 sidewinder.
3.5x18 laced to a KZ1000 disk hub.
150/60/18 Shinko 006 Podium.
63" wheel base.

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23 Aug 2017 19:18 #769605 by Scirocco
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Thanks for the info, get a thought for the long-term memory.

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23 Aug 2017 19:44 #769607 by gd4now
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Keep in mind that not all exhaust changes require jetting changes. Not saying yours does not but not all do. You are IMO much more likely to require jet changes when you alter the intake.

1977 KZ650 B1
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23 Aug 2017 20:04 #769612 by JWKZ750
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gd4now wrote: Keep in mind that not all exhaust changes require jetting changes. Not saying yours does not but not all do. You are IMO much more likely to require jet changes when you alter the intake.


Well the DUMB OP put PODS on the damn thing. What an idiot.

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26 Aug 2017 15:41 #769835 by 80B4
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Modern pump gasoline has so many additives it is no longer accurate to use plug color to fine tune carb jetting. I have my bikes run on a dyno and checked with an exhaust gas sniffer when Im close to final jetting.
Race fuel is a different thing all together.

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1978 Z1R
1978 B3 750

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