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Old 10-15-2013, 03:05 PM
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Thanks for the info, I close the Gap on the BRE7 to .20 and sputter went way, but car seems rich, plugs are black.
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Time to lean out the fuel a little bit at a Time until the plugs clean up

Buy a new set... change 2... see what they look like after a quick pull...
Start it, race it, kill it, look at it...
As little idle time as possible...
I even like to find a portion of highway with not much traffic...change the plugs on the on ramp, and the blast into it..then pull off to the side and take a quick peek...throw a different plug in...drive it home..take apart the plug you pulled with... make some changes...and do it again...
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Good info, I change the wires, and the BR7 still looked a little dark, but the sputter was still there a little. So I got the TR6 and not sputter at all! I think I got it! Pulled more fuel to get it out of the 10s in AFR. I was told to shoot for 10.9, then I see a lot of you guys going 11.5-11.7 how lean can I go with meth, and not hurt the engine?
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There is no magical #...
Usually you can run the same afr on boost that you would run naturally aspirated....
Its not accelerating the flame...its adding air and compression..
Heat plays a big role too...
What are your iat's....how much boost...what engine compression...
In general I'm never below 12.0:1....
I'm often upwards of 12.5:1 or even 12.7:1...on 15lbs of boost...
Timing is another story...all based on the things I just listed above...
With Meth you can typically bring the timing way up close to naturally aspirated #'s

Using Meth can bring 93 octane gas upwards of 117 octane...
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Been running non-projected tip plugs since my nitrous days. Running the same now on my boosted setup with no issues. Tune is on point and all is well.
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Originally Posted by soundengineer
There is no magical #...
Usually you can run the same afr on boost that you would run naturally aspirated....
Its not accelerating the flame...its adding air and compression..
Heat plays a big role too...
What are your iat's....how much boost...what engine compression...
In general I'm never below 12.0:1....
I'm often upwards of 12.5:1 or even 12.7:1...on 15lbs of boost...
Timing is another story...all based on the things I just listed above...
With Meth you can typically bring the timing way up close to naturally aspirated #'s

Using Meth can bring 93 octane gas upwards of 117 octane...
IAT can rise 10* above outside air, Compression 9:5-9:7. Having boost control issue with exhaust dump closed 12-14boost, with dump open 25-28boost. Got to get a bigger WG.



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