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Blueing of pipes

#1 PostAuthor: Dodgy Z1B » Mon Mar 23, 2009 7:56 am

The middle two downpipes are blueing up but the outer two arent does this suggest carbs are out of balance or just thinner chrome :)
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#2 PostAuthor: Pigford » Mon Mar 23, 2009 10:14 am

Hmmmmmm, centre pots always run a bit hotter.... It's not unknown for #3 & 4 to run on slightly larger jets in the racing arena :wink:

As this is tied in with "coils" too, best to double check timing :!:
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#3 PostAuthor: GEZ635 » Mon Mar 23, 2009 4:37 pm

Most of the repro pipes I have used tend to blue a little . Never have the problem with my original pipes with the thicker downtubes. Bluejob polish does a great job of getting the blue marks off if its any help
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#4 PostAuthor: Rich » Mon Mar 23, 2009 5:57 pm

The originals were probably double skinned.

Piggy - 2&3 are the middle ones :wink:
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#5 PostAuthor: PAULJAC47 » Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:16 pm

Hi i would try a gunson colourtune to see if all the pots are burning the same,
Do the centre two plugs have a different clour to the outer two? Cheers Pauljac...
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#6 PostAuthor: mikey » Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:58 pm

PAULJAC47 wrote:Hi i would try a gunson colourtune to see if all the pots are burning the same,
Do the centre two plugs have a different clour to the outer two? Cheers Pauljac...


Spot on mate maralyn done my A2 with a colour tune yesterday as my No 1 exhaust was blueing more than the rest and it was running a tad lean thanks for that by the way paul.
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#7 PostAuthor: AL MARSHALL » Tue Mar 24, 2009 10:11 am

hey dodgy....if you try a bit harder you should be able to blue the outer ones as well :lol: :lol:
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#8 PostAuthor: Steve Cooke » Tue Mar 24, 2009 9:40 pm

Yeah get them all to blue up they look much better. :)
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#9 PostAuthor: mikey » Tue Mar 24, 2009 10:01 pm

Least it shows the bikes being used
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