How's my tune?, spark plug pics attached

[nick060200]

saw is a echo cs355t. I bought a cheap wired tach of ebay. hooked it up and started tuning after i had completely messed up my H and L screws.
manufacture calls for a 2800 rpm idle and 13.5-14.5k rpm at WOT. got the tach to read about 12k-13k after tuning, and the saw feels good and sounds good but the spark plug seems like it's a little hot. what do you think of these pics? i cut the saw off while in a cut and immediately took it out and took these pics.

 

[Ronie]

Looks a little lean to me.

 

[computeruser]

How does it sound? That’s probably the better measure than plug color.

 

[nick060200]

How does it sound? That’s probably the better measure than plug color.

it sounds good but I really don't trust my ear though. it still has a little gurlgle at WOT

 

[blsnelling]

Those pics aren't going to help you. That's not the part of the plug you have to "read". You need to learn to tune by ear.

 

[nick060200]

Those pics aren't going to help you. That's not the part of the plug you have to "read". You need to learn to tune by ear.

I just richend it up about a half turn and dropped the rpms close to 1k, i did the same test by cutting it off in the cut at WOT. your right the plug looks the same on the tip but i noticed it was wet around the side. it felt like it was bogging in the cut. So should i trust the tach and get the rpms to that 13k mark and listen for that bit of a gurgle?

 

[David Young]

You were probably fine where you were...