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Engine bogging. AIR/FUEL problem.

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Old 11-11-2011, 08:29 PM
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Default Engine bogging. AIR/FUEL problem.

Wuddup! Lately I've been having problems with my 96 GT.. The guy I bought it from did a lot of modifications to it. And when he sold it to me he told me I needed to get it tuned due to the mod's and PI engine swap.. I haven't got it custom tuned yet due to money and ****. However I do have the tuner for it, but have no idea to make a custom tune.. Anyway the problem I'm having is due to the Air/Fuel ratio being bad.. The engine keeps bogging quite often.. My gauge always go into the red (lean) area.. I talked to a car guy today and he said its due to the tune.. So I'm just asking you guys what I should do? And if thats an accurate assumption??? Lemme know dudes thanks =) Oh ya and if you need to know the mod's done to the car its in my sig..
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Old 11-11-2011, 08:56 PM
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Take it to a performance shop for a dyno tune. Don't take this the wrong way but from this and your other post I can tell you lack the experience/knowledge to make a tune and it really needs to go on the dyno and get a good tune, not a canned tune off the handheld. Lean is bad, I wouldnt drive it until it's tuned. If you must then I'd say keep an eye on the AF ratio if you have a wideband which it sounds like you do ? And try to drive it nice so it isnt running lean.
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Originally Posted by Explosive
Take it to a performance shop for a dyno tune. Don't take this the wrong way but from this and your other post I can tell you lack the experience/knowledge to make a tune and it really needs to go on the dyno and get a good tune, not a canned tune off the handheld. Lean is bad, I wouldnt drive it until it's tuned. If you must then I'd say keep an eye on the AF ratio if you have a wideband which it sounds like you do ? And try to drive it nice so it isnt running lean.
Yeah man I don't take any offense to that. I DO lack the knowledge. Which sucks I'm tryna learn.. But I have one question. When I take it to the Dyno place, after they run it to they tune it to? Or is that a separate thing?
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