ford 2300 plug gap on methanol

[14flower]

running the stock tfi and blaster 2 coil 500 carb methanol what plug gap are you guys running ive had them at .030 and it breaks up at higher rpm its a 2.3 5.2 kb bottom end dport head big valve bowl blended efi intake 2" open adapter runing 134 136 jet 4.0 pv 40 squiter and white cam 30cc pump btw i have to turn the idel screws in til there 3/4 turn out or else it has A MISSaround 2500 on up

[Foghorn]

Try .023-.025 on the plugs. You also need much larger jets than you would use with gasoline.

[84Dave]

And 'J-gap' the spark plugs. The J-gap will provide a better initial burn to the meth, when ignited.
-Dave-

[let-r-eat]

Sounds to me like the throttle plates need drilled or something and the transfer slot is too exposed. Does screwing the idle screws all the way in kill the engine?

[14flower]

plugs are ar474 or 473 forgot to post that when i had the 474 which are coldest ar plug they where at .025 and ran good just still had a little break. like i posted im running 134-136 jets ovously thats big then on gas. and its a c and s carb pretty sure he has the plates with big enough wholes. put if i screw one all the way in no if both then yes

[14flower]

ran the car friday with .025 plug gap runs great til u go past a little over 1/2 throttle then breaks up again cant get it to warm up past 160 runing on the track and then got a flat car warmed up toi 180 in the pits and ran better there but it cooled down to 160 again during racing. could it be the wrong pv in it ? and why wont this baterd warm up use to run 180-200 befoe

[14flower]

also forgot to say went from 134-136 up to 136-138 and seem to help a bit then went up to 138-140 for the main and got worse should i just lean it out to see if itll build heat ?

[let-r-eat]

NO. Not unless you like rebuilding engines.Compression numbers on each cylinder?Most alky stuff is 140-144 on jet size. Did C^S build the carb for a 4 cylinder or is it a v8 carb?You will need to use an oil heater and tape or go to a electric fan with an on/off switch. Watch oil temps.How milky is your oil after race?Are you sure you have adequate fuel supply? Pressure?

[14flower]

yes its a 4banger carb and he sent us carb with those jets built for the engine its on. and we dont use a oil cooler or temp gauge i know its hot engone cause to filter is to hot to hold ur hand on. not milky at all. yes 7 psi and clean the pump and filter every race. was thinking of going with eletric fan but it use to run warmer though

[14flower]

150 with the big cam and 250 with are smaller one

[return to dirt]

jared, the last time you ran at orland it sounded like pullover. mine was doing that until i switched back to the intake i ran last year.

olin

[14flower]

well once we installed a thermostat and got the engine temp up to 180 we found that we where over jeted got some smaller 128-130 jets and now runs fine with just a light light darkish cream color thats almost white on the plugs guess the intake we changed too befor this started happening doesnt flow as much air.

[14flower]

for got to add also had to remove the power valve.