SIXSIXZERO
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- Mar 10, 2008
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SIXSIXZERO said:has anyone used these??
i bought one, installed it, and burned a hole in my piston in less than 10 minutes. YES, i installed it as instucted.
there is nothing about jetting, supposed to be plug and play.
SIXSIXZERO said:oh , contrary to your beliefs, i have a mechanic (quicktime motorsports) and was told that was exactly my problem. like i said, there is nothing about jetting. you cant very well test and tune w/o riding the bike, so i did. the i_cat had things runnin super lean, wich i could tell after riding for a minute but too late, i didnt even get turned around and back to the parking area before it burned up. you have to take into acount that i live in MO, home of the most bipolar weather in the country. the sat we left to go riding it was like 45-50, the sun we rode it was like 75 -80, then the next day it was around 35. its very hard to jet your bike in these conditions, especially when the humidity is as erratic as the temp. dont get me wrong, i dont doubt that some of it was me, but ive NEVER had an issue w my bike like that untill i installed that thing. it will not be a product i put back on my machine. i just spent 2000$ on my winter rebuild, then had to turn around and spend another couple hundred to fix my bike wich was barely broken in. dont worry, i had it fixed the next day and its fine. broke it in again and ready to ride!!!!!!!
mkelly04 said:I dont want to sound like an a$$ here, but how exactly can something that modifies the spark cause your bike to run lean?
SIXSIXZERO said:oh , contrary to your beliefs, i have a mechanic (quicktime motorsports) and was told that was exactly my problem.
mox69 said:For arguments sake lets say he had a bad electrical system which was causing a weak spark. Lets say he then jetted said bike with weak spark. Then he put the i-cat on and went from weak spark to better than ever spark.
Could that cause a lean(er) condition?
SIXSIXZERO said:just askin for a little knowledge to better make a decision based on others experience.
jcarautos1 said:Personally from 25 years experience i believe this i-cat could and would help! burn a hole in the piston especially if the carb is already leaned out for altitude.
SIXSIXZERO said:i bought one, installed it, and burned a hole in my piston in less than 10 minutes.
jcarautos1 said:. Install I-cat and spark increases and is hotter than normal causing an extreme lean condition.
"In a spark-ignited engine, ignition normally occurs when a small portion of the mixture is caused to react by the passage of a spark at a temperature between 3000 degrees C and 6000 degrees C. The effect of heat is of SECONDARY importance, the decisive factors for initiating ignition are molecular excitation and ionization. "
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