What really kills the engine?
08-21-2006, 12:52 AM
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RE: What really kills the engine?
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I went ahead and ordered the AFCO Pro Series from rpmoutlet. I'll get the resivoir soon, but I figure this is the better of the two for now. When I bought it, it had a 3" pulley on it already, but theres no chip in the ECU or program loaded from a tuner. How unsafe is this? Exhaust smells normal and she runs great, so I figure she's ok as long as I'm not beating up on her too much. Am I wrong?
I went ahead and ordered the AFCO Pro Series from rpmoutlet. I'll get the resivoir soon, but I figure this is the better of the two for now. When I bought it, it had a 3" pulley on it already, but theres no chip in the ECU or program loaded from a tuner. How unsafe is this? Exhaust smells normal and she runs great, so I figure she's ok as long as I'm not beating up on her too much. Am I wrong?
Nice choice, easy installation and great performance.
08-21-2006, 01:32 AM
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RE: What really kills the engine?
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I'll go ahead and put the stock pulley on for now then. S**t, now I've got to buy a pulley puller. Thanks guys
I'll go ahead and put the stock pulley on for now then. S**t, now I've got to buy a pulley puller. Thanks guys
Why? Just leave the 3 inch pulley on. You should be fine. Just don't give it hell until you get your AFCO installed. You need a dyno tune just to be safe, but you can still drive it with the 3 inch pulley until you get it tuned.
08-21-2006, 01:37 AM
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RE: What really kills the engine?
After I installed my 2.81 pulley and got on the dyno I discovered my car was running rich on top between 4000 and 7000 rpms. 1st pull on the dyno was 421rwhp then we leaned it a bit. 2nd pull was 440rwhp then we leaned it a bit more. 3rd pull was 461rwhp and it was not too rich and not too lean so we left it at that.
08-21-2006, 01:37 AM
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I was just worried that the 3 inch pulley without a tune would run my A/F wild. I recently put in the NGK TR6 plugs and the factory ones looked fine. Maybe I'm just being paranoid. Thanks man.