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Old Oct 14, 2005 | 05:49 PM
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Took my 99 SS to the shop to get a couple of dyno runs and I was shocked when I saw I was only putting down 319 to the wheels and only 302lbs of torque.I was hoping for at least 350+ horses-My mods are:

1.Custom TR 230 Cam, Specs are: 230 230 .575 .575 114+3

2.Pacesetter Long tubes and y-pipe with cutout open

3.Slp lid

4. Street tune by a local shop

Also the Air/Fuel readout was a little shocking it was at 14.4-14.5 I don't exactly know where it should be at? what do you guys think?

Car is a A4 with stock converter
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Old Oct 14, 2005 | 06:31 PM
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I would say a lot if thats on a dyno-jet. I had 343hp/364tq with my mods with the stock converter.
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Old Oct 14, 2005 | 07:31 PM
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Car is way too lean and prolly getting knock retard and pulling all the timing out. Car should do 345-355 with those mods through a stock converter.

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Old Oct 14, 2005 | 09:32 PM
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YOU NEED A ******* TUNE MAN! Jesus christ. You're way lean, ur local shop that tuned it obviously blows huge dick
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Old Oct 14, 2005 | 10:43 PM
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In what range should the Air/Fuel be in?
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Old Oct 14, 2005 | 11:21 PM
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12.8-13.0 for best power
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every car will be different, yours may like a little leaner or a little richer
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Old Oct 20, 2005 | 11:54 PM
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Car was retuned this past monday so I went to dyno the car today. Car dynoed at 322 Hp and 329lbs of torque. Air fuel was at about 12.1. I am very dissapointed with the results.Damn now I'm thinking about getting 2003 Cobra. What do you guys think?
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i'd say another 10-15 horses left, timimg will probably help too....i really dont know much about the A4's, so i dont know if the converter is hurtin you or not
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Old Oct 21, 2005 | 10:16 AM
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YOU NEED A ******* TUNE MAN! Jesus christ. You're way lean, ur local shop that tuned it obviously blows huge dick
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Originally Posted by TV559
Car was retuned this past monday so I went to dyno the car today. Car dynoed at 322 Hp and 329lbs of torque. Air fuel was at about 12.1. I am very dissapointed with the results.Damn now I'm thinking about getting 2003 Cobra. What do you guys think?
We have about the same cam. I'm running a F12 230/230 .595/.595 114lsa and my numbers are 351/354 with the mods in sig. I gained 43rwhp from the cam. Baseline was 307/337 without the cam.

If you took it back to the same place for a retune please take it else where as they aren't doing a good job of it. My a/f ratio is 13.4-13.1ish across the graph.

Do you have a graph of the dyno runs?
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Old Oct 31, 2005 | 12:10 AM
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Originally Posted by TV559
Car was retuned this past monday so I went to dyno the car today. Car dynoed at 322 Hp and 329lbs of torque. Air fuel was at about 12.1. I am very dissapointed with the results.Damn now I'm thinking about getting 2003 Cobra. What do you guys think?
12.1 is quite rich. You're losing a bit there... I think that most people have found that these cars like to be a little rich up to the torque peak, then leaned out a bit to redline. That's what I've seen people say, but I could be wrong.

I wouldn't feel bad, if you read the other thread I posted in, I got royally fisted with 265whp on a Dynapack 3000 from my cam only 99. The TQ converter was supposed to be locked, I couldn't tell if it locked since he wouldn't let me drive it when it was on the dyno. Oh well, numbers are just numbers. But for what its worth, 12.1 is rich as hell for a car that doesn't have any forced induction.
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Originally Posted by TV559
Took my 99 SS to the shop to get a couple of dyno runs and I was shocked when I saw I was only putting down 319 to the wheels and only 302lbs of torque.I was hoping for at least 350+ horses-My mods are:

1.Custom TR 230 Cam, Specs are: 230 230 .575 .575 114+3

2.Pacesetter Long tubes and y-pipe with cutout open

3.Slp lid

4. Street tune by a local shop

Also the Air/Fuel readout was a little shocking it was at 14.4-14.5 I don't exactly know where it should be at? what do you guys think?

Car is a A4 with stock converter
You need an ls6 intake as well friend. I'm sure thats costing you quite a bit
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Old Oct 31, 2005 | 08:27 AM
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post your graph...dynojet?...SAE?....
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