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Old Oct 4, 2005 | 05:00 PM
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spark plug condition

on my 1964 223 i was looking at the plugs. #1 and #2 plugs look good (chocolate brown) then #3and #4 look like they are bruning rich (black) #5 looks good and then #6 looks almost lean (vary light brown). Is this typical? Or is something going on whith my valves and or carborator?
 
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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 06:54 AM
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Inline engines tend to run a bit rich in the middle and lean on the ends. This is just the nature of the intake system. I think a compression test would tell you more and a tune up with a couple of hundred miles on the road will give you a better reading. Really sounds typical to me!
 
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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 02:41 PM
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I was kinda thinking that becouse my 300 does this too. But it seemed like the 223 does it to a more severe degree. Thats why i was asking.
 
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Old Oct 6, 2005 | 03:03 PM
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Its all in the lay out of the intank. Thats why the middle runs rich. If you could find an intank with dual carbs that would help. And look cool.
 
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yeah i dont think a little 223 would like duals. I was thinking about running dual carbs on my 300 though.
 
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Thats Still cool to
 
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