But I got a coupla' questions.
How close can the heat shield by the footpeg be to the header pipe? Currently where everything ended up I can see about a 5mm gap at the closest point. Obviously don't wanna melt my foot off.
How many turns out on the idle mixture screw before I risk losing it? Currently 2.5 turns out and I'm getting NO BACKFIRES outta this harley muffler, stock jets, which surprised me.
How much leakage is acceptable? I tightened the header bolts back in enough so there's no leaking but I can feel a little air around the muffler/header joint. I used one layer of tin can to shim, may go back and use a second. I'm getting NO backfires and a little but not much loss of torque, sorta what I expected from this slightly freer flowing muffler. Any reason to fix this?
Also, just to vent, I got everything back on and realized that I forgot to get off all the rust in the impossible to reach spots on my header pipe.
Thanks for the help!
Josh
PS - for anyone considering this: sound is about the same volume but deeper and doesn't sound as much like little puffs - exactly what I was looking for.