just got back from the dyno

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1SlowCA18DET
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made 230 and 232 ft lbs of tq, at 10:1 or more af, every time i tried to lean it out it started to detonate what could be wrong, i have the step colder plugs, i was thinking it was cause i am maxing out my ka maf, but im not sure, any advice will be appreciated


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What size injectors? What turbo?

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are you sure the AFR's were right?

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i have 550's and a sr turbo on 12 psi, how accurate is the sniffer o2?

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Not enough to tune by that is for sure.

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and if you still have a cat a tailpipe sniffer is 100% useless

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biosehnsucht wrote:and if you still have a cat a tailpipe sniffer is 100% useless
Quote of the day...

1SlowCA18DET
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i dont have a cat

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actually, on two of the cars we just dynod they both had innovate widebands hooked up along with the dyno sniffer wideband, both numbers were dead on each other. and the reaction time almost identical.

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that torque number seems kinda high. at 258 i only made 208tq. you sure the dyno was reading acurately?


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