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Old Feb 17, 2009 | 11:21 PM
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Default lt1 car with a lean issue but decent numbers

car has full bolt ons and has never been touched internally at all...stock stall and gear.....it has a mail order tune which i believe is why it went lean....but put it this way the numbers were 292hp 322tq with a 13.8afr thats so fn bad i cant believe it dont blow up running.....so what ya guys think of the numbers and correcting this issue how much power can be added to this lt1...
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Old Feb 17, 2009 | 11:26 PM
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EDIT- Where was the car dyno'd?

BTW, I like your avatar but expect to have it removed very soon.
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Old Feb 17, 2009 | 11:31 PM
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Numbers seems strong for an lt1.

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Old Feb 18, 2009 | 01:16 AM
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it was on a dynojet
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Old Feb 18, 2009 | 06:23 AM
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For an auto it looks good
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Sounds strong to me for a bolt-on auto LT1.

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Old Feb 18, 2009 | 11:17 PM
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yea well what about the 13.8 afr......say it was around 12 would that be better and how much of a power gain be possible for the right enrichment
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anyone have actual facts of power gains
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