and the numbers visually check out on both the STOCK ECM and RACE ECM maps.
by "visually check out", do you mean reading the injector dwell numbers? higher is more fuel and 255 is max, but again... the map doesn't matter because it doesn't affect idle. In fact, it doesn't affect anything besides WOT*
I have read ... that the RACE MAP is leaner and a number of folks have glowing headers at idle.
No way ANY fuel map that is meant for a freer flowing exhaust and intake is leaner than OE. You may have a leaner result out of the pipe if the map doesn't compensate enough for the added volumetric efficiency, BUT the map itself WILL BE RICHER. That is the whole point of making one. More fuel= more power= more race
You need to be in a poorly light shop to see the header start to glow. Lucky for me my garage lighting is terrible :-)
Thats what I thought. If you can't see it in daylight=no problem. Really. You're chasing a non-problem. It could be the difference of a few degrees of ambient.
BUT if I get stuck in city traffic I don't want my bike igniting itself :-)
You won't be riding it that hard in traffic, and it would take quite a bit more for fire to be involved.. like needing something combustable...
The engine FAN works fine. I just installed a new one, after fixing the old one (gummed up with oil) and promptly dropping it on the ground, cracking the housing - DUH!
That sucks but good point. To calm your nerves, check the engine temp with each tune. Air-cooled bikes HATE extended idling, being "air cooled" ya know, but thats where you say your issue is so you should check it during that.It should just get to the same on/off fan temp cycle and stay there, no matter the headers color.
I really enjoy breaking things that work fine.
I'm in that club Since a wee lad, I've been taking X-mas presents apart that same day, to my mothers dismay, she'd say "HEY!, no WAY!, not TODAY!" so I'd go away, and play, feeling grey.
I have ECMSPY, the ECMSPY Tuning Guide and a certified BUTT DYNO, what could go wrong! I don't use ECMDROID to do load maps.
Awesome, that means you can check base timing. It is a base timing change that can make your header glow, because it is not the fuel map. NO offense to your butt, but a butt dyno is notoriously bad. Not just insensitive, but a horrible subjective test.