#56478, "Running Lean after my headgasket is done"
Ok so after a grulin battle with my engine I replaced my own headgasket and timing belt, WOO HOO!! But now when I boost and have it at WOT my turbo timer reads that my air/fuel is only 10psi (or whatever the hell the measurment is)... I remeber before I did all this it would stay around 12.5 at WOT and now it has no problem just droppin right below 10 at WOT... Any suggestions or am I gonna have to guy and buy a SAFC now, cause I dont have one...
#56517, "RE: Running Lean after my headgasket is done" In response to Reply # 2
ok here we go... i boosted my car 2 months ago and installed an Apexi TT at the time... The TT read my air/fuel ratio and at WOT it read my air/fuel as 12.4... Now after i put my new t-belt and headgasket on my air/fuel ratio on my TT reads 10 at WOT... I was wonderin if i messed somethin up along the way, or if I need like an SAFC to adjust my air/fuel curves... understand now?
#56597, "RE: Running Lean after my headgasket is done" In response to Reply # 7 Sep-18-03 06:39 AM by ner947
if i were you, i wouldn't trust your piston ring landings to the apexi turbo timer for accurate readings of your a/f ratio. remember, it just runs off of the stock 4 wire lambda sensor. stock type oxygen sensors aren't THAT accurate, but they'll give you a very decent ballpark of what your mixture really is.
here's a hint: i dyno'ed my car in june. (from memory) my a/f curve looked kind of like this (man, i wish i had the dyno printout): i remember running lean down low. dangeriousally lean. also, there were some weird ups and downs in the midband which affected my torque curve. as i got closer to redline the mixture got closer to where i wanted it to be but it was still lean. (the big thick red line would have been ideal) the whole time, my air/fuel gauge was reading in the green, and corbin's air/fuel gauge said .94. cheers, for the stock oxygen sensor.
personaly, i'm gathering parts for the DIY-WB setup. much more accurate IMO.
as for now, i "tune" for .96-.98 for my oxygen sensor voltage. that way it can be off by 4 to 6 hundredths of a volt from what it should really be and in theory i'd still be running "safely".
so, it boils down to this: unless you've used a wideband oxygen sensor of some sort to tune your car, tune it to what you would think is almost too rich. that's just my opinion though, i don't trust my OEM oxygen sensor very much.
EDIT: BTW, i made 235 WHP and 245 WT at about 12-14 psi of boost.