at idle and cruise you should be hovering around a 14.7 AFR...i don't see whats wrong there?

 

when i give it boost it does not go below 14.0...i cant go WOT at all...it actually starts leaning out alot once im at full boost...like 16.x

 

well you would want a rich tune to begin with, better to run rich than to run lean IMO

 

thats exactly what i said...but i there is something wrong with my fuel pressure i need to check it before we can continue...or should i say i need to check it to see if everything is ok....

 

i like this thread.
looks good!

 

awesome man i can't wait to see this fully up and running

 

i know me too....so i was lookiing at building my own fuel pressure guage to check how things are looking and after looking at the prices i think im just going to go ahead and install a permanent fuel pressure guage on my car one that reads from 0-100psi....that should do the trick...this way ill be set for as long as i have the car this way im not wondering whats going on with it

 

so last night i went for a lil cruise...just to see if i can find anything out of the ordinary....and sure enough the dam feed pipe fly's of the dam turbo again....well...i pulled over did a lil maintenance again....i need to find a better clamp to hold it in place....thats the only one that i have with a a screw on it...and its not cutting it......so im pulled over doing my thing i get it back on....and i turn her on....and the beast awakes......its ridiculous how dam loud she is....lol....i was at a plaza parking lot...and this camaro happen to be driving by....and he turned around and he was like dayam what u got under that hood.....so i showed him real quick....he didnt know **** about cobalts. he did ask if it was the SS and i said no its an LS...he looked really confused after that. the look on his face was priceless...but he was real happy that it wasnt a ricer that was makin all the noise....lol....then he says...keep it american...and he drives off....

so finally changed out that one clamp that was giving me issues...and guess what the whole time...i just had a boost leak form that bitch....now im running so rich the whole time 10.0...most of the time....well...rich is better than being lean...now we can get back to tuning

 

well i still need to check my fuel pressure....but not till 2morrow in the afternoon...im getting both my cars tinted 2morrow in the morning....

 

thats awsome news man! congrats

 

and im currently working on gettin a 3" exhaust....i cant really say from who...all i can say is that its the hook up

 

that is good, what r u using to logg with? just a wideband gauge? or you got something thats loggin everything, cuz im getting the innovate lm1 i believe, it cost like 429, so it logs my a/f at every RPM so i can send it back to vince and he can tune it almost perfectly, as i will be providing numbers for every RPM

 

you going to be pushing over 250-260ish hp? if not, its a waste.

 

thats a good tool.....but as of right now im only using an a/f guage...which im taking video of as i cruise....so he can see my a/f and rpm and speed at the same time......which reminds me...i still havent sent him the video yet....lol

eventually

 

nice. when i went 3" i lost some power. me and matt would race and i would lose by a car length longer..... that is when i had the 2.9 and pushin about 230ish. now im 2.7 and tuned for water/meth. its all good

 

recording is f'in geneous. lol i would of never thought of it, lemme know how that goes, hell if you can do it with just recording, hell, i might do the same, way cheaper than buyin the **** from innovate

 

hmmm thats interesting....i thought i was better flowing...u know free flowing to have a bigger exhaust...well its all good ...im still going to get a 3"

lol...i just thought about it today.....

 

still pretty smart thought, hwo needs to datalog when you can jusst use a video camera and record that ****, lol

 

im not sure if it will work but ill give it a try and see what happens...lol

 

goin 3inch on a turboed car wont hurt anythin. an s/c doesnt work quit the same as a turbo thus why he lost power. you should be fine with a 3 inch thou. with turbo more flow is better.

 

thats what i thought.....

 

the recording should work as he only needs to know the a/f at wot at every rpm, sure it wont be digital, but he can get the general idea from the video...

 

i start to lean out at about 3/4 of the throttle...im going to change out my fuel filter 2morrow and see if that fixes things....it might be clogged....then ill check my pressure and if theres something wrong ill change out my pump

 

wow sweet ride - mrsilent13 , can't wait until the final tune on this bad boy , i want to turbo my explorer , since my cobalt is no more , i already have the HKS super BOV , a 4 core IC most of the piping and a apexi turbo timer , and a boost guage , im just wondering how im gonna make a manifold for it because it's a V6 , any suggestion's ??

 

find someone that knows how to weld