Is Smoking Bad for You?

[MrAugust]

i have a 69 reo with non whistle on it, she duz around 16 to gallon n speed on m way ov 65 mph..... but you know it, i have a nice drive train of smoke under load, but generaly none at all..... so i put 2 stroke oil for the effect of smoke... to go with the noise..... any objections....

 

[MrAugust]

any way who cares how much they do to gallon.... there good fun and try drv prices in england.. joke....

 

[houdel]

Lee, what color is your smoke? White/gray is unburnt fuel. Black is burn't carbon. And blue is oil. When we set up a ship's engine we look for black under acceleration only. If your black while cruising, you've gone too far. If it's gray/white before the engine is warm then maybe you have a dribbling injector? But after you get your gages installed you'll be able to tune it in.

It is black smoke. A very slight haze at idle, light but noticeable smoke accelerating up through the gears. Not belching big clouds of thick black smoke, but enough to easily see. As far as I can tell, it does not smoke once I get it up to speed though.

Did finally get the pyro working, on a quick check working hard up a fairly long steep hill I got up to about 1150-1200 degrees after turning up the fuel a little more. I'll check it more closely when I get some more time, I my just turn the fuel back some. I'm running empty most of the time, no sense pushing the limit for a hobby truck. For my use, about 1100 degrees max seems sensible to me.