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Posted By slickfx3

Re: which contributes more to valve float?

http://www.jegs.com/i/Comp-Cams/249/850-16/10002/-1

now you are scaring me, the car runs perfect in every way, up until the higher rpm's,

idle, cruise, cold start, wide band, acceleration,...

Forum: Tech / General Engine

03-14-2011, 01:14 PM

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Posted By slickfx3

Re: which contributes more to valve float?

11-12 mpg if i baby it, been like that forever, wide band reads very nice...it does sound like a sewing machine, i thought it was the roller rockers.

1.5 rockers would slow down the rate wouldn't...

Forum: Tech / General Engine

03-14-2011, 09:39 AM

Replies: 13

Views: 3,360

Posted By slickfx3

Re: which contributes more to valve float?

I hammered on it the first 8 k miles, and eased off quite a bit.

some boys over at CF is using this and cams close to these, for strokers of all sizes...396, 4oh whatever...
...

Forum: Tech / General Engine

03-13-2011, 11:30 PM

Replies: 13

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Posted By slickfx3

Re: which contributes more to valve float?

they were NOT off the shelves springs, afr heads talked me into the 8019's, supposedly they are good for the 280 xfi, I have been warned by my shop that even not running the valve are kept opened and...

Forum: Tech / General Engine

03-13-2011, 02:34 PM

Replies: 13

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Posted By slickfx3

Re: which contributes more to valve float?

afr says if they test XXX, they could still be good for a smaller cam, I'm trying to minimize expenses to tackle this issue, since I can not do this at my complex where I live, nor do I have the...

Forum: Tech / General Engine

03-13-2011, 01:33 PM

Replies: 13

does the ecm have to be in closed loop for canister purge?

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Posted By slickfx3

which contributes more to valve float?

lift or ramp rates?
my xfi 280 comp cam on my AFR 195 street eliminators, may have worn out my 8019 upgraded springs, i have 17,000 street miles on them, should they last longer?

what is the...

Forum: DIY PROM

01-25-2011, 01:22 PM

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I changed to colder plugs and the car still diesels

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Posted By slickfx3

Re: I changed to colder plugs and the car still diesels

i have not circumvented the purge system, my dieseling was very minor, when it did or when it wanted or on the verge of dieseling...

after seafoam, i can hear it stop and the crank not try to...

Forum: DIY PROM

01-24-2011, 09:54 PM

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I changed to colder plugs and the car still diesels

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Posted By slickfx3

Re: I changed to colder plugs and the car still diesels

well i guess it felt empty of liquid, heck if full it should weight more than a 1pt water bottle, it did not, I am 51% sure it only had fumes.

well with one of the line reaching so far down the...

Forum: DIY PROM

01-24-2011, 03:10 PM

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regular gas and tuning

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Posted By slickfx3

Re: regular gas and tuning

AFR 195 street heads, 10.7 compression,

I like your term "full potential", I want better gas mileage....

Forum: DIY PROM

01-24-2011, 03:07 PM

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I changed to colder plugs and the car still diesels

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Posted By slickfx3

Re: I changed to colder plugs and the car still diesels

i took a closer look with a flashlight and glasses, the teenie bit of fuel in the line is just a few drops and a few inches long bouncing around until stops as it bends upwards towards the...

Forum: DIY PROM

01-24-2011, 03:01 PM

Replies: 17

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Posted By slickfx3

Re: does the ecm have to be in closed loop for canister purge?

how old is old? there is a flag to turn on purge, don't they test it while you are getting a smog test?

Forum: DIY PROM

01-24-2011, 12:55 PM

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regular gas and tuning

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Posted By slickfx3

regular gas and tuning

I have heard that regular gas if understood; is not really a bad choice, given it has fewer carbon buildup producing additives, such as anti- knock, is more volatile etc.

since all here is able or...

Forum: DIY PROM

01-24-2011, 12:47 PM

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I changed to colder plugs and the car still diesels

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Posted By slickfx3

Re: I changed to colder plugs and the car still diesels

I will try that, thanks

Jon at FIC whom I bought the Bosch III's from suggests this:

the cam is big and the overlap allows fuel to be in the cylinders at shut off.

since the TPI system is...

Forum: DIY PROM

01-24-2011, 12:00 PM

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does the ecm have to be in closed loop for canister purge?

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Posted By slickfx3

Re: does the ecm have to be in closed loop for canister purge?

you'd figure it would throw a code and not fry the ecm, that is weird...

Forum: DIY PROM

01-24-2011, 11:56 AM

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does the ecm have to be in closed loop for canister purge?

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Posted By slickfx3

Re: does the ecm have to be in closed loop for canister purge?

it is a 6E mask, it went over my head with the "$15 bit 5 address" comment

it says "request for close loop purge" it's the other way around the default is is purges in open loop I believe...so...

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01-24-2011, 02:43 AM

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I changed to colder plugs and the car still diesels

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Posted By slickfx3

Re: I changed to colder plugs and the car still diesels

bosch III rebuilt and flowed by jon at fic the engine dieseled at 2k miles,albeit slight and seemed to go away with my jiggling the tune

i now have 16k on the engine build and that's what on...

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01-23-2011, 09:22 PM

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I changed to colder plugs and the car still diesels

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Posted By slickfx3

Re: I changed to colder plugs and the car still diesels

no I checked the solenoid, stays closed near idle and the vacuum valve atop the can works fine and shuts down with no vacuum

yes base idle is low as per procedure,

how do you check for...

Forum: DIY PROM

01-23-2011, 12:59 PM

Replies: 17

I changed to colder plugs and the car still diesels

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Posted By slickfx3

Re: I changed to colder plugs and the car still diesels

My advance is 14 deg at idle, not what you call aggressive....

I thought about that, can the vacuum pull fuel out of an otherwise good injector?

how about fuel from the purge canister is this...

Forum: DIY PROM

01-23-2011, 12:52 PM

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does the ecm have to be in closed loop for canister purge?

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Posted By slickfx3

Re: does the ecm have to be in closed loop for canister purge?

when you say typically, you mean can purge while in open loop, how do guys running open loop address this issue?

for the life of me last year can only get a perfect tune in open loop and frankly I...

Forum: DIY PROM

01-22-2011, 08:18 PM

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does the ecm have to be in closed loop for canister purge?

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Posted By slickfx3

does the ecm have to be in closed loop for canister purge?

my fuel tank is backing up with pressure, always has, but it's worse now, I am waiting for a new purge valve, mine is intermittently faulty.

if the purge solenoid is faulty would it throw a code?,...

Forum: DIY PROM

01-22-2011, 12:10 PM

Replies: 17

I changed to colder plugs and the car still diesels

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Posted By slickfx3

Re: I changed to colder plugs and the car still diesels

700-800 rpm

i just tried seafoam, and I think my gas vapor recirculation valve is broken, lately the gas tank builds pressure too fast....

Forum: DIY PROM

01-21-2011, 12:02 PM

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I changed to colder plugs and the car still diesels

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Posted By slickfx3

I changed to colder plugs and the car still diesels

car is tune nicely, no knocks, timing at 14 degrees at idle

16k on the build, it dieseled way back hen it was new, but more lately, I use 91 octane, the best I can get..

comment?

do i need...

Forum: Alternative Port EFI Intakes

12-08-2010, 11:17 PM

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Little cutting on a Superram (pics)

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Posted By slickfx3

Re: Little cutting on a Superram (pics)

good job man... good deal too...

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11-11-2010, 11:37 AM

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Posted By slickfx3

Re: are ecm based SA curves overrated?

Everything I've read indicates a advance floor and a ceiling for all engines, based on gasoline's burn rate, VE, cam overlap, etc.

why on earth would a car ever, ever, need 28* at idle, it does...

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11-10-2010, 02:47 PM

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Posted By slickfx3

Re: are ecm based SA curves overrated?

yeah I have been retarding like crazy....

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11-10-2010, 02:43 PM

Replies: 9

Views: 870

Posted By slickfx3

Re: are ecm based SA curves overrated?

why did you lock it at 34? from experimentation? sounds bizarre...

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11-10-2010, 01:02 PM

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Why would simply turning on closed loop via the temp setting make thngs go lean?

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Posted By slickfx3

are ecm based SA curves overrated?

To gain some insight on timing as a whole, I have been goggling, wieghted distributors and vacuum advance have made cars go fast in the past, now and in the future, for the street gang anyways.

It...

Forum: DIY PROM

11-05-2010, 09:24 PM

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was not pinging but I pulled around 7* and it better

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Posted By slickfx3

Re: was not pinging but I pulled around 7* and it better

Do you still have PE mode spark advance?

No I zero’d it as per your suggestion last time

Can you verify that what you have in the table matches what the motor is seeing at the balancer...

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11-05-2010, 02:30 AM

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was not pinging but I pulled around 7* and it better

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Posted By slickfx3

was not pinging but I pulled around 7* and it better

tuner pro has not be friendly to me, so I don't data log, i hear a few knocks now and again, so after 3-5 months of tune X, I decided to mess with it again, not my favorite past time, I'm stuck...

Forum: Transmissions and Drivetrain

09-03-2010, 09:06 PM

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What would cause the 700r4 (built) not downshift

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Posted By slickfx3

What would cause the 700r4 (built) not downshift

it up shifts okay.. and it will stay in 4th gear and lock up all the way down to 1000 rpm, where my car starts to buck a 1400 rpm

it is a 87 700r4 from a Vette

I swapped it into a Vette that...

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08-08-2010, 08:42 PM

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Posted By slickfx3

Re: Why would simply turning on closed loop via the temp setting make thngs go lean?

I unplugged the ecm a few time, that would accomplish the same thing as disconnecting the battery right?

we'll nothing changed, I put a good running chip in it I was using for weeks and it is lean...

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08-07-2010, 12:45 PM

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Why would simply turning on closed loop via the temp setting make thngs go lean?

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Posted By slickfx3

Re: Why would simply turning on closed loop via the temp setting make thngs go lean?

well all this stuff is so complicated, the BLM and INT do not register while I am in open loop, I prefer this as I was told the only difference between open and close is while close the only thing is...

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08-06-2010, 05:41 PM

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Why would simply turning on closed loop via the temp setting make thngs go lean?

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Posted By slickfx3

Why would simply turning on closed loop via the temp setting make thngs go lean?

Tried closed loop while emulating, ran like crap, then I would plug the "good" chip back in that programed only for open loop and now everything is lean across the board..

idle, cruise, acel, etc....

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07-17-2010, 01:01 PM

Replies: 14

Views: 1,377

Posted By slickfx3

Re: Don't the ECM always try to center the AFR?

Thanks, I am currently only in open loop, I suppose this relationship is applicable to both open and close loop?

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07-17-2010, 12:16 PM

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Views: 1,377

Posted By slickfx3

Re: Don't the ECM always try to center the AFR?

anyone are to chime in?

The pwr enrichment vs. rpm has negative numbers in it, is there an explanation?

-7.82
-7.82
-7.82
-7.82
-7.82
-7.82

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07-09-2010, 12:42 AM

Replies: 14

Views: 1,377

Posted By slickfx3

Re: Don't the ECM always try to center the AFR?

Okay too lazy to hook it all up.. so I just went by the wideband...

I upped top half of maf 1 and the bottom 3/4 of maf 2, +10% and cruised at 12.5, that wasn't it; whoa,

back to the computer,...

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07-07-2010, 01:52 PM

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Knock counts in TP and tune it out

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Posted By slickfx3

Re: Knock counts in TP and tune it out

enough time and info has passed this thread for me to work out most of the knocks, as far as false knock I, started the motor from a stall on the intersection one time and saw around 39?

crazy......

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07-06-2010, 12:48 AM

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Knock counts in TP and tune it out

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Posted By slickfx3

Re: Knock counts in TP and tune it out

is it not "insurance" to leave knock sensor sensitivity at factory settings? why would I artificially, "call and knock not a knock? what benefits? is it not better to work out all the Knocks and call...

Forum: DIY PROM

07-06-2010, 12:38 AM

Replies: 14

Views: 1,377

Posted By slickfx3

Re: Don't the ECM always try to center the AFR?

Okay I get what you are saying, those little, words like happy, we, generally, etc, packs a big punch, off of close loop at the moment, unfortunately, my Autoprom wants to not work mid-emulation, I...

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07-04-2010, 03:02 PM

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Posted By slickfx3

Re: Don't the ECM always try to center the AFR?

Thanks I have to pick out every word and I'm an starting to understand your insight...will work on it

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07-03-2010, 12:09 AM

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Views: 1,377

Posted By slickfx3

Re: Don't the ECM always try to center the AFR?

That is actually my first concern, the ECM "correcting" the tuner's changes back to stoich; so what you are saying with your post is your ECM was not able to achieve 128 BLM at idle due to the CAM,...

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07-02-2010, 11:04 PM

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Posted By slickfx3

Re: Don't the ECM always try to center the AFR?

Okay, I tried to play with the MAF tables and all it did was made the car run like crap, all the time the Wideband showed no changes, and the BLM gets pegged in the RED,....

so I know.... I...

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06-29-2010, 08:29 PM

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Posted By slickfx3

Re: Don't the ECM always try to center the AFR?

thanks reread your post...I get it the MAF table trumps the ECM in guiding towards stoich

Forum: DIY PROM

06-29-2010, 07:23 PM

Replies: 14