Originally Posted by
sn47som1
No buddy, certainly no one will fool me its not about that... Guys like Maximo from CRE a guy that knows more then all us about nitro engines is saying things like this so.....
Thats the point, JUST going by listening isnt enough to ensure having a balanced tune meaning a proper gap, lsn and hsn settings. If too high gap, to rich lsn that could be also masking a lean hsn, etc etc. I dont know about you but with my $550 engine it better tuned right. I used to think like all you guys (what ur saying) and I learned some more things, thats why i posted some of this info, to help us all maybe just listening which is obviously what I do as well, but then checked my carb 1 day and my gap was like almost 4mm! and i thought it was tuned pretty well. This means the lsn was prob too rich and high end too lean. Now how bad is an out of balance carb for the engine, i dont have real world proof for consiquences, but you i know that you can get the most out of the engine power and runtime wise if its set right. Hey by all means, if just going by listening all the time is it and makes no diff making sure its "in balance" and optimally set, then then better for us cuz that would be less work. Any other ideas would be good.
just remember Maximo isnt a fool wen coming to nitro, so just trying to help..
I don't think anyone called Neal a fool. But to think that you should tune with the air filter off so you can see the idle gap, you're getting finicky. I don't consider myself an experienced tuner, but I know that tuning with no air filter (regardless if you're in a controlled, clean environment or not) is a recipe for headaches. Just tune your engine off of how it reacts to what you're doing. You will get the best results if you listen and observe what your engine is doing. If you hear it bogging down, you dont take it into a sterilised green room with hazmat suits and make an adjustment there, you simply richen or lean the engine depending on what the smoke from the pipe, the sound, and the PERFORMANCE of the engine is telling you. As Paul and Cody King say, "you shouldn't settle for second-best". Now that doesn't mean you need to go all scientific and anal about it. Just do what you think is right, and go from there. I don't know what else I can say, but I cannot reiterate enough that it's taking it too far if you start to tune with the air filter off.
/rant