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Old May 22, 2008 | 07:41 AM
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+1--- like i said 89mustangfive0--- My car has some decent mods (read sig) plus some fuel upgrades and i'm at 41psi @ idle... and after checking my plugs every 3-4months i still get that grey'ish tint to them, but my tune says it's all good.... Just wait for the tune... When your car is warming up. Do you smell the exhausteasily?- Kinda like gas fumes--- you know like a rich burning car? if so, it's not lean.... just need a tune.
Old May 22, 2008 | 08:51 AM
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yes lol i can smell fuel on start-up now that i bumped the fp up...
Old May 22, 2008 | 08:59 AM
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its rich at idle put itthrough the rpms--- who knows until you tune it. Fuel Pressure should go up w/ rpms.---- Lean will actually pop head/piston pretty much blow up... you can never go wrong with being rich--- There is such thing as being too rich... Wait for the tune you'll notice a diffrence.
Old May 22, 2008 | 09:20 AM
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yea i was just worried about wrecking stuff its my dd so im gonna be carefull driving it till the tune
Old May 22, 2008 | 09:45 AM
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i drove mine for about 1yr w/out a tune.... although i have the Zex n20 kit-- so therefore really no need to... and the guys that built knew what they were doing. Once i got stationed here, thats when i forked out the $$$ and got it dyno tuned. tune time + 3 pulls (on pump gas)was $475... Car runs betters, still has a rough idle (due to the cam), lill better gas mileage (although i dont care its a weekend car), and it ever revs a lill faster. Race gas tune was $300- pretty much the same as above (exceot the mileage part)but itpulls harder onracew/ n20-

514ftlbs race gace- n20
491ftlbs pump- n20

492rwhp n20 race gas
474rwhp n20 pump gasn20

321rwhp N/A- pump gas
331ftlbs N/A- pump gas

You'll prolly notice some of the same changes.
Old May 22, 2008 | 09:46 AM
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yea deffinelty better to be rich then lean, they have all told you correct, id just leave your fuile pressure between 41-44 till your tune and just be easy with it, you might have a injector issue or clogged fuel rail, (happend to me) also whats the cobra injectors? are they 24lb if i rember? or 30lb. make sure the mass air is correctly calibrated, good luck
Old May 22, 2008 | 09:47 AM
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cobra is 24lb injectors.
Old May 23, 2008 | 12:57 AM
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i have 24s on the car and a cobra maf for the injectos...i picked up a c&l maf and i have 30 pounders on the way ( got a sickkkk deal on them)
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