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| | #22 (permalink) |
| The Spam man | nah, i wouldnt worry about that, unless it contains some kind of booster, octane ratings only mean that the fuel will not explode when compressed. heres how it works. a high compression engine compresses the fuel to a point before the spark plug ignites and a premature explosion happens, which causes the engine to "ping" higher octane fuel simply contains more of a chemical (octane) which will not allow the fuel to combust when compressed to a certain point. what im saying is basically that high octane fuel is only needed in engines that create high compression,which a 2 stroke doesnt
__________________ 87 Banshee Red Frame, Black plastics. bone stock (for now) -Life is full of ups and downs, so I say, get a quad and jump those mother****ers |
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| C Rider | hey just want to say something i dont recall saying it started after i done the rabuild it was there win i first bot it well he said he didnt run it much and i figured it just needed prokin in it ran fine for a week or to and got bad from here so then i done the rebuild |
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| | #27 (permalink) |
| The Spam man | no you may not all did was ask if it were backfiring in that case it would be running lean, you assumed it was running rich, as i assumed it was running lean, you got lucky either way it wouldve had the same affects, in a different level, but overall the same affects with the exception of backfiring of course
__________________ 87 Banshee Red Frame, Black plastics. bone stock (for now) -Life is full of ups and downs, so I say, get a quad and jump those mother****ers |
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| | #28 (permalink) |
| C Rider | http://www.dragstuff.com/techarticle...Plug_Rich2.jpg check that image it looks like that |
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| | #29 (permalink) |
| The Spam man | thats no good, running rich for sure. and im not sure if antifreeze could turn your plug grey, but if its what i think it is, your head gasket may be leaking.
__________________ 87 Banshee Red Frame, Black plastics. bone stock (for now) -Life is full of ups and downs, so I say, get a quad and jump those mother****ers |
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