[DeTomaso] Oil Coolers (again)

[Larry - Ohio Time Corp]

David,

The big trick is to stop the motor when you have run it in the RPM range you
want to check. Then pull the plugs. Yes it will be hot. Yes it is a PITA to
do in a Pantera. I think you need to do this job not the little girl next
door.

http://www.dragstuff.com/techarticles/reading-spark-plugs.html




Larry - Cleveland


-----Original Message-----
From: adin at frontier.net [mailto:adin at frontier.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 10:22 AM
To: larry at ohiotimecorp.com
Cc: JDeRyke at aol.com; detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Oil Coolers (again)

NO.

But please remind me, how does one tell from looking at a plug why I'm  
getting a slight detonation at 2700 rpm in third gear????

David, has new advance curve and is much happier.



Quoting Larry - Ohio Time Corp <larry at ohiotimecorp.com>:

> Has the age old process of reading spark plugs for mixture been lost?
>
> Larry (old school and have A/F equipment) - Cleveland
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]
On
> Behalf Of JDeRyke at aol.com
> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 5:17 PM
> To: adin at frontier.net
> Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Oil Coolers (again)
>
> In a message dated 2/3/09 1:26:04 PM, adin at frontier.net writes:
>
>> If I'm getting pre-ignition "somewhere" in the range, how does one know
if
>
>> its advance or mixture?  I don't know enough to figure this out without
> the
>> a/f meter telling me the mixture during that
>> pre-ignition.
>>
> Sorry, pal- I've always had trouble with this one myself! I usually fiddle
> with the carb 'cause its easier for me; if I can't make the
> preignition/detonation go away with richness, I figure its in the
> ignition.... and hopefully, I
> figure it out before the bearings give up from the pounding.
> FWIW, happy-go-lucky Larry does have a factory crank & rods on display in
> his
> shop- with the very rare "blue rods & black journals" - when Pantera
owners
> ask him why they should pay big bucks for an Avaid oil pan.   Cheers- J
> Deryke
>
>
>
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