Originally posted by Darkseid
Thats what you should be tuning by anyway. The sound and performance. The temp is just whats left AFTER you get those two things right.
Don't worry, your probably right where you need to be.
Just go have some fun!
I totally agree with every part of your post DS!
If I had a dyno and the tools to do the testing I would try to prove my theory that these new motors are capable of handling 300+ deg racing temps (at the glow plug). Keep in mind that the materials and technology have come a long way in the last few years. Plus, the temps we are taking are at the steel glow plug- have you ever temped the head or block of a motor that is running 260 degrees? It's considerably less at the block.
I would like to add one thought to Dark's post- this comes from years of nitrous tuning on race motors- your ONLY window to what is happeneing inside the combustion chamber is the plug. You can tune a motor until you think it has the perfect note and the perfect temp etc etc, but until you thoroughly inspect the plug and in the best case scenario install a fresh new plug to REALLY see what's going on, you haven't completed your tuning. Next time the NMCA comes to your town, go look in the pits at the nitrous motor cars and see what the FIRST thing they do when the car comes back from a 2000+ hp 6 second pass- they pull the plugs, get out the special lighted magnifying tool and thoroughly inpect each and every plug. You might not be able to tune your motor to the ultimate tune-up like Collari or Baker, but if you never pull the plug and inspect it to see what it's doing in certain situations, you will never learn to tune correctly.
Which nitro motor website has the big long explanation on plug inspection and motor tuning where it explains all about the colors of the wire, the base of the plug etc and how to tune by reading it? I'm not at home and I forget what site it's on...