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<blockquote data-quote="joedrum" data-source="post: 165644" data-attributes="member: 98"><p>it finally got rather cool in fla the last few days ...not sure how cold but my body was saying i was qute chilled ...late last night it was also very moist out but not severe as fla can get .....sheesh hooch ran well ..i mean real well ....power was frightening but very fun ...did some checking over things yesterday ....checked plugs all were looking great ....checked the runners at head ...if there is a problem with my set up its the fact that intake runner bolts at heads can loosen some if left unchecked for long period of time ...like when i have the lowers on ..everything is covered up ....so torque the intakes some not much ..could actually here the difference as it was running when i did it ....</p><p></p><p>at first in this weather it took hooch 10 minutes or more id say before the fan kicked in ...while idling .....this is with a restrictor plate mod for thermostat ....the hole is about 3/8" ...anyway once riding the bike was powerful right off idle and after a few miles it warmed up nicely and and i readjusted idle on the fly and the bike was wanting to come off the ground in second gear i didnt give it enough for that ...but could just feel it ...when i hit third gear sheesh it acted like it wanted to pull the wheel there also...man the car tire really puts the power to the road .....</p><p></p><p>this was a great test and im very pleased how the non heated and actually cool runner design i did ....didnt have an icing issue at all and really showed some big power ...some of the best ive felt with hooch ...very pleased .... :thanks:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="joedrum, post: 165644, member: 98"] it finally got rather cool in fla the last few days ...not sure how cold but my body was saying i was qute chilled ...late last night it was also very moist out but not severe as fla can get .....sheesh hooch ran well ..i mean real well ....power was frightening but very fun ...did some checking over things yesterday ....checked plugs all were looking great ....checked the runners at head ...if there is a problem with my set up its the fact that intake runner bolts at heads can loosen some if left unchecked for long period of time ...like when i have the lowers on ..everything is covered up ....so torque the intakes some not much ..could actually here the difference as it was running when i did it .... at first in this weather it took hooch 10 minutes or more id say before the fan kicked in ...while idling .....this is with a restrictor plate mod for thermostat ....the hole is about 3/8" ...anyway once riding the bike was powerful right off idle and after a few miles it warmed up nicely and and i readjusted idle on the fly and the bike was wanting to come off the ground in second gear i didnt give it enough for that ...but could just feel it ...when i hit third gear sheesh it acted like it wanted to pull the wheel there also...man the car tire really puts the power to the road ..... this was a great test and im very pleased how the non heated and actually cool runner design i did ....didnt have an icing issue at all and really showed some big power ...some of the best ive felt with hooch ...very pleased .... :thanks: [/QUOTE]
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