knowledgeable boost heads... Quick Ignition/Rich mix. Problem?!
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knowledgeable boost heads... Quick Ignition/Rich mix. Problem?!
I just finished my turbo kit for my d15b7. Still running stock plugs and as far as I know the wastegate is set at ~5 psi. I say as far as I know because everytime I get on it hard in any other gear other than first, It just bogs... this would lead me to believe that the car is running rich. But I have had friends follow me from behind and they do not notice any black smoke (indicative of rich mix.) So..... How does the idea that my wack stock plugs (ZFR5F-11 I think) are being blown out by the boost. This seems logical. I'm too tired to pull the plugs and check cause im going to bed. Anybody have any ideas?
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Re: knowledgeable boost heads... Quick Ignition/Rich mix. Problem?! (evosol)
Im assuming your using the oh so awesome FMU?
Check the plug gap like point dexter above said, check the colours blah blah blah, report back lol
Why again do I stay up til 6am on work days? ****
Check the plug gap like point dexter above said, check the colours blah blah blah, report back lol
Why again do I stay up til 6am on work days? ****
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Re: knowledgeable boost heads... Quick Ignition/Rich mix. Problem?! (W O T)
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Re: knowledgeable boost heads... Quick Ignition/Rich mix. Problem?! (sleepingEg8)
ohh yeah.... NO FMU. This is a uberdata base map 120% fuel efficiency and 1 degree per pound timing retard. Thanks fellas for the quick responses.
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Re: knowledgeable boost heads... Quick Ignition/Rich mix. Problem?! (sleepingEg8)
1 degree of boost retard might be part of your problem too. totall retard at 10-11bls should never fall under 15 degrees of timming.
this is what i usually do...
1.13psi x .5 degrees of retard -(minus) total timing from 0.35 vac colum = proper step retard for each column
3.45 x .55 - total timming from 0.35 vac column
5.78 x .6 - total timming
8.09 x .65 - total timming
10.41 x .75 - tt
11.03 x .8 - tt
its called a step retard, some people do it differently but this is how i do it and it works great. The degrees of retard should be very safe for your set up.
this is what i usually do...
1.13psi x .5 degrees of retard -(minus) total timing from 0.35 vac colum = proper step retard for each column
3.45 x .55 - total timming from 0.35 vac column
5.78 x .6 - total timming
8.09 x .65 - total timming
10.41 x .75 - tt
11.03 x .8 - tt
its called a step retard, some people do it differently but this is how i do it and it works great. The degrees of retard should be very safe for your set up.
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Re: knowledgeable boost heads... Quick Ignition/Rich mix. Problem?! (evosol)
well I gapped the plugs to .028 instead of the .044 that they were at. It's still loading up under boost but did get alot better. I guess I will look into reburning a chip with less boost retard. I still think it might be a bit rich but maybe not because my plugs looked fine, a lil dark but thats what I want to be safe. Thank you for your input evosol
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