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Old 07-27-2012 | 09:41 AM
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sdtech58
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Originally Posted by Rsickles
Is your engine already broke in? Your LSN is probably too lean. Whenever you lean the HSN, you are also effecting the LSN! So when you touch HSN, you may have to retune the LSN.

If your engine is already broke in (and your HSN is in the ballpark), then I would:
-Richen up both needles just enough that you are on the rich side
-Set idle gap
-Tune LSN until it's near ideal idle, bottom end is clearing out okay, and it drops back to idle smoothly - you may have to retune idle during this
-Hit track and get the engine back up to full temps with HSN on rich side still
-Tune HSN, run some more - lean it until the engine is hitting full RPM's and 'clearing out' without hesitation (listen carefully; going beyond this just leans the engine and brings up temps - there's no need to run overly lean for regular club racing); I also use smoke as an indicator, but different fuels have different oils/percentages, so if you tune with smoke, know your fuel!
-Bring back into pits after driving some laps and verify LSN/idle doesn't need touched again - this is where I'd also do the 10-15 second test on LSN
-I temp throughout the process just to confirm what I'm hearing/seeing/doing
+1. Exactly. Idle gap, LSN then HSN. Once HSN is good, verify LSN setting & idle. Then rip on it!!!

Always tune to performance and smoke, not temperature. Only use temperature as a check to make sure you aren't burning it up. There is no "magic number" for temperature. Anything north of 280-300 is bad, unless you really enjoy buying engines.
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