Lightened Flywheel
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Lightened Flywheel
I need your help guys!
Would installing a lightened flywheel throw off timing?
Reason I ask is whenever there is load on the car or whenever i get on it...the car starts to stutter and hesitate. It still boosts...but its not clean and smooth and boost is not reached as quick. This all happened after I had a shop install a new clutch and flywheel...and shortly after that i found a leaking fuel hose. At first i thought it was the clutch and that i needed to break it in...but its been over 1300 miles now and its not getting better.
Is it misfireing? How would I tell? Am I too rich? There is no detonation...atleast that I can hear. I used to hear detonation at high rpm before I found the leaking hose. Leaking charge pipe maybe? I've checked visually and everything is fine.
On a side note: When the car is cold and i start it up, a small amount of oil leaks out from the turbine side of the turbo...then after 3-5 secs it stops and there is no problem. I noticed this a few days after the engine started bogging. No black smoke however out the tailpipe.
Thanks for the help.
Would installing a lightened flywheel throw off timing?
Reason I ask is whenever there is load on the car or whenever i get on it...the car starts to stutter and hesitate. It still boosts...but its not clean and smooth and boost is not reached as quick. This all happened after I had a shop install a new clutch and flywheel...and shortly after that i found a leaking fuel hose. At first i thought it was the clutch and that i needed to break it in...but its been over 1300 miles now and its not getting better.
Is it misfireing? How would I tell? Am I too rich? There is no detonation...atleast that I can hear. I used to hear detonation at high rpm before I found the leaking hose. Leaking charge pipe maybe? I've checked visually and everything is fine.
On a side note: When the car is cold and i start it up, a small amount of oil leaks out from the turbine side of the turbo...then after 3-5 secs it stops and there is no problem. I noticed this a few days after the engine started bogging. No black smoke however out the tailpipe.
Thanks for the help.
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From: Pleasant Hill, Ca, USA
Re: (kpt4321)
yes i did fix the leaky fuel line. After that the audible detonation I was getting went away prolly due to the re-application of proper fuel pressure. I was detonating because no matter what my tuner would do, it would not richen up enough in the high rpms...he then concluded that i needed bigger injectors. But then i found the fuel leak.
I checked and replaced the plugs already. They were about 4 months old and were black...not guey though that i could tell. I replaced them with NGK 6's one step colder than stock whitch is 5. Plug wires are 3 months old. NGK wires as well.
I checked and replaced the plugs already. They were about 4 months old and were black...not guey though that i could tell. I replaced them with NGK 6's one step colder than stock whitch is 5. Plug wires are 3 months old. NGK wires as well.
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