Header Problems...
Thread Starter
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 392
Likes: 0
From: Columbus , Ohio
Header Problems... Ok first off I have a 1999 TA Formula And i just Recentally got MAC Midlength HEaders put on the car , and got rid of The EGR & the AIR.. and A MAC ORY installed , with the headers.. I got the Factory I pipe and just a Flowmaster 80 series muffler... but my question is i already got my Car tuned to the HEaders... with a 12.5 air/fuel Ratio is what the guy said he tuned it at ... But my Car is also an Automatic and when i lay into it at WOT It puffs a Huge Cloud of Smoke .. somthing like i have never seen before .. i believe my car is Still Running rich.. I do not Believe that he could of possibally set my Air/fuel to 12/5 and it be smoking that much still .... But i could be wrong . Please HELP me out here ...
Now another question is before i got my headers .. i gutted my cats , which is what i did NOT want to do ... but then again if i did not get all the loose shavings and stuff out of my Cats and then installed them back onto the car , and some of the excess stuff back back through the I Pipe and Into the Flowmaster Muffler could that be Clogging it up and Makeing it shoot a big Black Cloud of Smoke like that ? Im not really sure , PLease Help .. Car also Leaks a little Exhaust Fumes from under the car , thats why i think the Muffler is Cloged , but The Cars Performance Is Still STRONG as Can Be .... Muffler is about 1 1/2 years Old too ...
Now another question is before i got my headers .. i gutted my cats , which is what i did NOT want to do ... but then again if i did not get all the loose shavings and stuff out of my Cats and then installed them back onto the car , and some of the excess stuff back back through the I Pipe and Into the Flowmaster Muffler could that be Clogging it up and Makeing it shoot a big Black Cloud of Smoke like that ? Im not really sure , PLease Help .. Car also Leaks a little Exhaust Fumes from under the car , thats why i think the Muffler is Cloged , but The Cars Performance Is Still STRONG as Can Be .... Muffler is about 1 1/2 years Old too ...
11 Second Club
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 447
Likes: 0
From: Shingle Springs, CA
"Car also Leaks a little Exhaust Fumes from under the car" Sounds like I would be having a serious talk with who ever did the installing. Also if you gutted the cats, take the time and just eliminate them all together.
