[Healeys] colortune

Oudesluys coudesluijs at chello.nl
Wed Aug 12 09:29:31 MDT 2009


Steve,
I know perfectly well what a Colortune is.
When adjusting and balancing carbs you have to adjust several items, 
mainly butterfly valves, and idle jets or in case of SU's and Strombergs 
the needle jet. If you change one it will influence the other. Therefore 
it is extremely handy if you have a Colortune (and calibrated vacu|m 
meter for that matter, e.g. Morgans Carbtune) when setting up the carbs. 
This will save you from changing the Colortune back and forth all the time.
I have been using Colortunes for about 40 years on Triumph Spitfire/TR6, 
Mini, Morris Minor, Renault 4/16/21, Peugeot 305, VW Beetle/Passat, BMW 
2002, Subaru, MGB, Austin Healey, Alfa, Jensen Healey etc. I even tested 
them as a consumer researcher for an automobile consumer organisation, 
the Dutch equivalent of the AAA.
If used properly you can set the CO value between 2 and 4%.
You buy them in the UK for about GBP 5-15 used and about GBP 20 new, 
which is not a great deal of money compared with the rates of a repair shop.
Cheers,
Kees Oudesluijs
NL


BJ8 Healeys schreef:
> Kees, you only need one Colortune no matter how many carbs you have.  It's a
> special sparkplug with a glass window, plastic tubes as a light shield, and
> an extension wire for the sparkplug that allows you to run the engine and
> see the color of the flame in the cylinder.  I've been using one for years,
> and it works great.  However, they are very expensive considering they are
> almost all plastic.
>
> Steve Byers
> HBJ8L/36666
> BJ8 Registry
> Havelock, NC  USA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Oudesluys
> Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 8:48 AM
> To: john doe
> Cc: Healeys at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] colortune
>
> Ralph,
> They are quite cheap on ebay.co.uk. Get one Colortune for every carb.
> Kees Oudesluijs
> NL
>
> john doe schreef:
>   
>> anyone in the ny or nj area have a colortune that i can borrow to get the
>>     
> mixture right thanks ralph from pearl river ny 
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