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Old Oct 11, 2002 | 02:26 PM
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Anyone have a clue why I would make less power AFTER I have a custom PCM dyno tuning performed on my car? It was detonating with a new cam(I don't know how to calculate the lift and duration properly off the card) on relatively stock (fuel/timing) programing so I paid AGAIN for proper tuning. It's been fine AFA detonation but i just dynoed the car expecting more rwhp than B4 the tuning and it's off by 24rwhp and 14rwtq! Did these guys just back out some timing and lie their *** off to my face?

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Old Oct 11, 2002 | 08:08 PM
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You need to figure out why the car was detonating. If you had 93 octane gas with stock compression and timing and weren't over-heating, you had other issues to fix.
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Old Oct 11, 2002 | 08:11 PM
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If i were you i would go to the place that did the programing and give them a piece of my mind
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Old Oct 11, 2002 | 08:16 PM
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Ragtop 99:
<strong>You need to figure out why the car was detonating. If you had 93 octane gas with stock compression and timing and weren't over-heating, you had other issues to fix.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Its not stock compression. It's probably 11:1, I can't remember after the 2nd cam install. I know RP Motorsports (installers) milled the heads some. The whole reason for the cam swap from the ARE cam was the constant detonation...but that's a LONG 2 year old saga you don't want to hear about.

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Old Oct 11, 2002 | 08:22 PM
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by stang killer:
<strong>If i were you i would go to the place that did the programing and give them a piece of my mind</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">No worries there...I'll be standing on someones forehead for this 20rwhp...indeed! <img border="0" alt="[devil]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_devil.gif" />
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Old Oct 11, 2002 | 08:38 PM
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Jim ...

I can't stand it no longer! Can you tell us who the Rocket Scientist was who did your PCM programming?

If you feel like not answering that, how bout just e-mailing me?

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