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Old 08-30-2009, 05:44 PM
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So I'm playing around with the fuel in MS, between like 4-5300 RPMS @ WOT there is a random popping noise coming from what I assume to be the WG dump tube. It's not detonation, I'm thinking it might actually be running too rich and backfiring? The AFR reads just under 11 at WOT

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Old 08-30-2009, 06:16 PM
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By "under 11" you mean in the 10's? And by "dump tube" you mean your WG is VTA?

Yeah, me thinks it's probably afterfiring.
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AFRs in the mid to high 10s are perfectly fine.... but I'm not sure what you are experiencing might be.
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Old 08-30-2009, 09:38 PM
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Yea sorry lol it was reading in the mid tens. The WG is a Tail 38mm VTA with about a foot long pipe. It sounds ******* awesome @ WOT. Anyways, I leaned it out a bit, like mid to high elevens, and the problem didn't go away. Now I'm really confused. I have tried making it very rich (like 9:1) and then leanish (didn't go above 13:1 AFR) and it still does it...
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