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Old 08-03-2017, 11:34 AM
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wilco. I'll be home @1700. Tighten her up, make a pull or two and bounce back with updates. I'll have 9 hours of time tomorrow to do any conceivable data-logging. I'm just surprised that rod tension would have gone unchecked during shop tuning; it had been mentioned before when discussing the 28psi limit on the dyno.
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Old 08-03-2017, 11:48 AM
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Have you/they tried an mbc? Just for testing purposes to see if it resolves the top end fluctuation.
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Old 08-03-2017, 11:56 AM
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I haven't, I just picked the car up on Sunday after having dropped it off May 11.

There was a period of bouncing ideas around, but because it ended up going through a middle person, I didn't often get to speak to Tuan, the tuner. Only for the spark stuff he called directly when I was in San Diego. I've been on several work trips so a lot of time was troubleshooting over phone and here on MT.net. I'm not sure what was done independently outside what I've been told.
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they loosened off the wastegate when you agreed to make it drivable when they thought it was scary :P

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Remove wastegate hose, do street pull
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actually his boost duty is 100% at 7k, so basically....

...my theory is loose rod (hehe) and the EFR bcs is a hunk of junk. I've had at least a couple fail or malfunction before. Gordon's is a prime example
I'm not convinced yet that he's at the flow limit of his ic
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? I see 50%.
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on his "e85" setting. that log is on low ethanol content so everything is quite turned down.


...that actually reminds me: I need to slightly fatten up his pump gas ve table cause it's a bit lean at 12afr on ~28% E
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You have more information than I do. Not fair.
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don't worry, we'll poast moar logs once we make progress. nothing to hide
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My car is a product of this community. I'll post up whatever you guys want haha.
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more cats.
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Originally Posted by psyber_0ptix
I'll post up whatever you guys want haha.
NUDES or GTFO!
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Originally Posted by Braineack
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Originally Posted by shuiend
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I kind of want to bang that cat.
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Originally Posted by farpolemiddle
I kind of want to bang that cat.
You can be my first patient when I'm a pshrink.
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