STUPID QUESTION!!!!

[mikesduster]

if a motor runs LEAN and always leans the plugs out,would it cause the motor to run HOT??...like temps in the low 200's

 

[gts340]

Yes it makes an engine run hot...can't explain it but I once burnt my fingers on a wing nut of a friends 383 that was running WAY too lean.

 

[demonwiese]

Yes LEAN can be very MEAN. Watched my Harley pipes turn blue going around the block once! Another block I would have probably fried a piston, valves or both.

 

[AdamR]

Yup. My 70 Cuda was running lean and always ran about 210. Jetting up helped a bit. then I decided to try some Cam2 (was pinning also) Temp dropped down to around 195.

 

[onehellofadart]

What distr are you running. Mine did the same thing untill
I replaced the MP performance distrib with a MSD.

 

[mikesduster]

i have a STOCK MP dist. with the weights welded.

 

[sickt7cuda]

Without a doubt, running lean causes heat. Fuel cools the combustion temperatures by diluting the air intake charge.