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The Official LostSoul Thread!!
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BACNBLAK
Old and Wise(guy)
You have got to be the most pathetic guy to ever drive a Mustang!
Ford should buy your car back to save them further embarassment.
ZmanM3
The Evil One
Ted if it wasn't for bad luck you wouldn't have any luck, sorry to hear about your wife hitting your car.
Mike! it is good to see you here! Check out Don's post count, he has more posts then you!
Mike! it is good to see you here! Check out Don's post count, he has more posts then you!
lostsoul
2014 vett or 2015 stang..
I looked at my wife car( I bought) and the rear is scraped about 1-2 foot patch. Doesnt look like anything that a paint job can't fix.... Till I went to the other side there is a 2 inch deep dent she knows nothing of?? I will head home soon to see the stang. Waiting for Stanley and drinking beer right now! :-(
lostsoul
2014 vett or 2015 stang..
WTF is my 525 rwhp on mustang dyno?
Well.. I know you all have been waiting for this saga to continue and its going together like a Tom Clancy novel!..
First off I have to give props to Brad @
http://dynotuning.com/computer_tuning.htm
He was referred to me by Blwn05 since we both were trying to find a decent tuner in our area. HE took the time to talk and enplaned things to me even though I cant retain much more then my name. Also, came to the the shop on his day off just to wrestle with my POS.
When he agreed to meet me on Saturday I on Friday :
1
installed a set of HTO's that a friend only used for 100 miles. I gapped them (with vortech tool) to .032
2 I changed Procharger oil (spilled the shit all over my new driveway at my new house!!
ONE thing to note: When I pulled out the old spark plugs (only 5K on them) I noticed that they were gapped smaller then the .032. Adam at ST gaped it and it looks like maybe it was at .028
On Sat morning I headed out for my 2 hour drive to hopefully find someone that knows what their doing. When I started the car it stumbled in starting for a split second like it was going to not fire up like last time. It did start and when it was at idle warming up I could hear it back fire/ mis fire even at idle. (this was new). On my drive the car was worse then before. I could only assume its because the bigger gap on the plugs. As I got lost because of my crappy new nav from Sanyo( that cant be updated AT all) I took a wrong exit and almost took out a F@cken 30lbs TURKEY in the middle of the road!. (Whats up with birds and my car?!?!).
When I got to the shop Brad tried to check the old tune a little. I'm still a little fuzzy about this part. I tried to explain the "Trick" but without knowing exactly it was like finding a needle in a hay stack. Instead of wasting time he tried to work on getting the thing to run right again. He also heard the miss-fires and troubleshot it to a bad plug (they were free ht0 from a friend). The porcelain? was cracked inside. After that he started from scratch and re-did the tune.
Here is the Last tune with Ravi:
Here is the Same car with the before and after Tune:
As you can see the car was running super pig rich and some how with only changing the plugs I lost 100 rwhp? While tuning we ran into another issue.. if you look on the tune dyno graph you will see something funky happening at 4.5K The tuner believes it might be blow out from the plugs. There were tons of fuel/air and timing to play with, but adding more of that didnt help, only made it wiggle on the dyno more. He ended the timing to 12-13 deg until we can figure out whats up. Centris are not suppose to plateau at 4.5K. Its hard to tell what power level I'm really suppose to be at. If we can figure this out I should be at or around 500rwhp on the dyno jet.. I hope. With 12-13 pound pulley (3.40) and 9.3:1 comp and plenty of fuel and air I'm not sure.. (any know have a guess?).
Anyway, is .032 to big? I thought that was the best for SC cars? Can and should I got to .028 or .030? Does that lessen the plug or make the cylinder burn hotter? Could there be an issue with the stock coils? When we found out one of the plugs was bad I had to replace it with a stock one from ford. We gapped that one, but could one hotter plug cause this at 4.5K? Brad told me the MAf and alt were all good.
Another note: I'm getting a p0151a code only at start up not while driving. After worrying and thinking about it I remember it was something I got from the other tuner and he told me the reason behind it... but I forgot. Something about the car needing to go through 2 cycles? and I think he just shut that O2 sensor off ... OHHHHH!!!! I think its because of the CMRC deletes!! HaH!! I just remembered now..
As of the ride home even with 467hp the car kicks hard. There is some fine tuning needed but I got what I came for... (a car that runs good again)
I will bring the car back to him later after more testing/tweeking. For now I will test the cold start issues for a little. and go from there.. Sorry for the long post and as always and help IS very appreciated...... even smart ass comments(but better have good info
)
Well.. I know you all have been waiting for this saga to continue and its going together like a Tom Clancy novel!..
First off I have to give props to Brad @
http://dynotuning.com/computer_tuning.htm
He was referred to me by Blwn05 since we both were trying to find a decent tuner in our area. HE took the time to talk and enplaned things to me even though I cant retain much more then my name. Also, came to the the shop on his day off just to wrestle with my POS.
When he agreed to meet me on Saturday I on Friday :
1
installed a set of HTO's that a friend only used for 100 miles. I gapped them (with vortech tool) to .0322
I changed Procharger oil (spilled the shit all over my new driveway at my new house!!ONE thing to note: When I pulled out the old spark plugs (only 5K on them) I noticed that they were gapped smaller then the .032. Adam at ST gaped it and it looks like maybe it was at .028
On Sat morning I headed out for my 2 hour drive to hopefully find someone that knows what their doing. When I started the car it stumbled in starting for a split second like it was going to not fire up like last time. It did start and when it was at idle warming up I could hear it back fire/ mis fire even at idle. (this was new). On my drive the car was worse then before. I could only assume its because the bigger gap on the plugs. As I got lost because of my crappy new nav from Sanyo( that cant be updated AT all) I took a wrong exit and almost took out a F@cken 30lbs TURKEY in the middle of the road!. (Whats up with birds and my car?!?!).
When I got to the shop Brad tried to check the old tune a little. I'm still a little fuzzy about this part. I tried to explain the "Trick" but without knowing exactly it was like finding a needle in a hay stack. Instead of wasting time he tried to work on getting the thing to run right again. He also heard the miss-fires and troubleshot it to a bad plug (they were free ht0 from a friend). The porcelain? was cracked inside. After that he started from scratch and re-did the tune.
Here is the Last tune with Ravi:
Here is the Same car with the before and after Tune:
As you can see the car was running super pig rich and some how with only changing the plugs I lost 100 rwhp? While tuning we ran into another issue.. if you look on the tune dyno graph you will see something funky happening at 4.5K The tuner believes it might be blow out from the plugs. There were tons of fuel/air and timing to play with, but adding more of that didnt help, only made it wiggle on the dyno more. He ended the timing to 12-13 deg until we can figure out whats up. Centris are not suppose to plateau at 4.5K. Its hard to tell what power level I'm really suppose to be at. If we can figure this out I should be at or around 500rwhp on the dyno jet.. I hope. With 12-13 pound pulley (3.40) and 9.3:1 comp and plenty of fuel and air I'm not sure.. (any know have a guess?).
Anyway, is .032 to big? I thought that was the best for SC cars? Can and should I got to .028 or .030? Does that lessen the plug or make the cylinder burn hotter? Could there be an issue with the stock coils? When we found out one of the plugs was bad I had to replace it with a stock one from ford. We gapped that one, but could one hotter plug cause this at 4.5K? Brad told me the MAf and alt were all good.
Another note: I'm getting a p0151a code only at start up not while driving. After worrying and thinking about it I remember it was something I got from the other tuner and he told me the reason behind it... but I forgot. Something about the car needing to go through 2 cycles? and I think he just shut that O2 sensor off ... OHHHHH!!!! I think its because of the CMRC deletes!! HaH!! I just remembered now..
As of the ride home even with 467hp the car kicks hard. There is some fine tuning needed but I got what I came for... (a car that runs good again)
I will bring the car back to him later after more testing/tweeking. For now I will test the cold start issues for a little. and go from there.. Sorry for the long post and as always and help IS very appreciated...... even smart ass comments(but better have good info
)
ZmanM3
The Evil One
Ted I am glad you car is running better. Hopefully you won't have to tear the engine apart. You definitely need to get that other HTO plug. I don't think it would cause the problems at 4.5K that your having, but then again I don't know all that much. So what was the damage from your wife backing into it?
Charlie Sheen
Armed and Hammered
So you're going to the track on Wednesday, right?
ZmanM3
The Evil One
Ha ha, either its fixed or it will be really broken!
lostsoul
2014 vett or 2015 stang..
I know.. He just wants me to blow up like the death star out there. haha..
All the wife did was scuff off a little paint.. not bad at all on the stang.. her car too most of the brunt.. but that was just more paint.. no real body damage
All the wife did was scuff off a little paint.. not bad at all on the stang.. her car too most of the brunt.. but that was just more paint.. no real body damage
ZmanM3
The Evil One
Thats good, body damage gets expensive.
Cali HP Addict
Senior Member
Anything running over 12psi should have the plugs gapped at .028. The HT1 plug you have in could be blowing out sooner. Did you datalog boost? Graph looks like you have belt slip to me.
silverpoison
Senior Member
How much boost? I am glad your car is working!!!
It looks like your A/F is leaner than a 12.0, I am not sure.
It looks like your A/F is leaner than a 12.0, I am not sure.
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don_w
Dyno Numbers - Who Cares?
So, are you through being Chicken Little for a while?even smart ass comments(but better have good info
Impact 5.0
Don't hate..Appreciate
Glad Brad helped you out man.... Sorry about today, I am finaly getting over the hangover..
On another note... What MAF are you running?
On another note... What MAF are you running?
lostsoul
2014 vett or 2015 stang..
DS Mafia with Stock. At the power I'm getting so far there is still plenty of that. I just hope its a spark gap issue. IF I knock them down tomorrow will I go lean? or will it give me more hp by cleaning that graph up? I'm just worried if I take it to race on Wed.
It took me a year to get my car up and running.. there always plenty of time to do these projects. No biggie
As a side note: The car starts up( so far) with out the thing flooding out and a big puff of white smoke. The tune still needs a little tweeking as the deltes need to be removed and I got an old issue that came back. The one where when the car is cold if you step on the gas the rpm will go down 100 and pop up. When its warm its fine. This was fixed with the tune. Either way I will call brad and let him know. I still wish I knew what the F happened? Was the old tune pouring too much fuel in and after a while F'ed the rings? hummmmmm
It took me a year to get my car up and running.. there always plenty of time to do these projects. No biggie
As a side note: The car starts up( so far) with out the thing flooding out and a big puff of white smoke. The tune still needs a little tweeking as the deltes need to be removed and I got an old issue that came back. The one where when the car is cold if you step on the gas the rpm will go down 100 and pop up. When its warm its fine. This was fixed with the tune. Either way I will call brad and let him know. I still wish I knew what the F happened? Was the old tune pouring too much fuel in and after a while F'ed the rings? hummmmmm
The Dizzel
comming at cha' with NA
that sounds great! but what about the leakdown test you lhad done....? is that still an issue. As for the dent post a pic, maybe a shot of a heat gun and slight push from the backside will pop it back out...worked for me on my Bimmer and also a friends car here in Oaktown?...Hey you gonna help with my clutch install?
DirtyDogOfTheDesert
Senior Member
Ted I like you and all, but if you can't answer this for yourself you need to stop giving any advice to anyone in any thread about any subject.
Do you really think spark plugs firing has anything to do with fuel trims? Do you think if you cure a spark blow out condition that you'll see an improvment in power, especially up top where the blow out is occuring?
Get real and think a bit before you post crap like this..........Please!
End rant.
DirtyDogOfTheDesert
Senior Member
Someone needs a nap...
I am jet lagged a litte. But I think Ted will see the humorous side of my comments.
lostsoul
2014 vett or 2015 stang..
ahhhh.. I'm not a tuner and not exactly sure what will happen with the setup I got. Hell, I still dont know if there is another issue lurking around the corner like the p151a code I get every time the engine starts. I remember getting this before and was told it was the cmrc causing it. He took it out and I never saw it again.. but after this new tune I have it again and when I talked to Brad(new tuner) he told me he already had that in the tune... if thats so.. then what is causing this code (
P0151
O2 Sensor Circuit Low Voltage (Bank 2 Sensor 1)
I'm sorry for sounding dumb in some of my post but I have been brain F'ed for the last 3 years when it has to do with this car. I have paid $1000's to get it to run right and as dumb as it sounds I am lost at times when it comes to troubleshooting a car that can go into limp mode over a filter change. My one year of high school auto shop doesn't help me too much so all I can do is feel my way around and bump into walls.
.. end of excuse for rant
I'm sorry for sounding dumb in some of my post but I have been brain F'ed for the last 3 years when it has to do with this car. I have paid $1000's to get it to run right and as dumb as it sounds I am lost at times when it comes to troubleshooting a car that can go into limp mode over a filter change. My one year of high school auto shop doesn't help me too much so all I can do is feel my way around and bump into walls.
.. end of excuse for rant
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