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Old Jul 22, 2011 | 06:23 AM
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iam having some problem with my car.
I have put in a cam 224/231 578/588 114 and ebay lt headers and ory.
I have tuned it my self with hptuners,and at wot the afr is 12,5-12,7 and timing 26.

but it feels like i had more power when the car was stock,and iam having problem revving the car past 6000rpm.

new melling oil pump/o-ring
new lifters
ls2 timing set/adjust sprocket
new 7.425 pushrods ~0.087 preload
single springs .600" lift
new walbro fuel pump.
old ngk iridium plugs
new cheapo red plug wires
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Old Jul 22, 2011 | 04:48 PM
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Do you have any way to put the car on a dyno? Without seeing a graph it will be hard to tell what the problem is, especially since it seems valvetrain related to me.
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Old Jul 24, 2011 | 02:58 PM
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today i started to change out the plugs to new ngk tr6,and at the same time,do a compression test.
all cylinders on the driver side was ~190psi.
I will do the rest tomorrow.

dyno is expensive here,a full dyno tune costs 1200
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Old Jul 25, 2011 | 10:14 AM
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now i have changed all the plugs,and the compression was 190-220 is that okey?
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Yes that is where you would want the test to be at. Is the car throwing any codes or making any funny noises? Is the valvetrain really loud?
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