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Gastester vs. Colortune the debate.

I Own both. The color tune came first. I set my Big Healey up with it and had problems. If I set it to the correct mixture at Idle, it ran very lean on the highway. So I set it to run fine on the highway, but it was very rich at idle!

Along came the gastester and the added information allowed me to solve the mystery. One of the needles wasn't seated where it needed to be in the vacuum piston. The offending needle had no shoulder like newer replacements. However, when the needle was set lower in the piston, the car could be set to have about 2.7% CO eading on both exhaust pipes and the car cruses down the road like a dream. I have the added benefit of the car starting more easily when it is cold (if it ever gets cold in Florida).

The gas tester allowed me to see that things were very strange with numerical precision, something even a first time user can understand. If I had understood the color tune indications it would not have been necessary to use the gas tester, but being new to to the color tune, it was not obvious what it was indicating.

I like the numerical display of CO percentages as opposed to the pretty colors displayed by the color tune. I am willing to concede that, if you are experienced, either will get the job done.

Cheers
 
I'm sure glad Triumph and MG didn't make an SUV. The beauroucrats would really be out for blood then....
 
<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by aerog:

I feel for you guys that have to maneuver through that type system, I'm just hoping they don't make it a federally mandated sysem any time soon. Knowing how things are going in this county (yes, county) I wouldn't be surprised to see some countywide testing imposed either.
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Aerog;
That was "attempted" around '93-'94 by our favorite people, the EPA (Federal) with the IMR-240 system.. Seems it had a "small" problem.. New cars from the factory (in the example where I was at were Volvo's and Jaguars) could NOT pass the test. The IMR-240 system tested for all five gases (CO, HC, NOX, Hydroden Sulfide, and I forget the fifth)... Interestingly, my '62 Volvo 122S, with dual SU carbs and no sign of any emission controls, passed the test with flying colors.. Seems the pre-emission cars only produce two gases.. CO and HC..
Wanna "Save The Planet"?? Scrap all cars built AFTER 1973!!
 
<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Charles #677556:


Aerog;
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Wanna "Save The Planet"?? Scrap all cars built AFTER 1973!!
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Great idea! The only problem I see with this however is that even if we could somehow magically resurrect all of the cars ever made prior to 1973 - I don’t think that would be enough to meet the current demands of the worlds population.

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Bret
 
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