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Old Feb 23, 2011 | 09:50 AM
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Car in sig. ~360rwhp on 98 injectors (28#). Walbro pump. 58-60# fuel pressure.

At 6200-6300rpm EFI live is showing my duty cycle to be 94-96%. The car was dyno tuned to 12.8-13.2 a/f ratio.

Tuners first pull was putting the car in the 14s on a/f before he stopped and richened it.

What would cause such high duty cycle at this low power level? Ive been suspecting a vacuum leak and searching for one with no luck. But if I have one, it was tuned over. The car runs very well other than occasional idle surging coming to stops and occasional moments of high idle...then it comes down.

Of course these could also be just minor tuning things, it's the high DC that is making me scratch my head.
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Old Feb 23, 2011 | 11:21 AM
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Pretty normal IMO to see what you are seeing. GM isn't going to splurg for 36lb injectors when it knows at 300hp 28lb injectors will do just fine.
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it just means your car isn't very efficient at turning petrol into power. look up Brake Specific Fuel Consumption, it's some interesting reading.

in other news, if your car randomly surges at power so mild, you tune sucks. Start tuning yourself, software will help you chase down leaks.
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Old Feb 23, 2011 | 12:36 PM
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Have you verified that it holds that pressure in the upper RPMs at WOT?
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Originally Posted by thunderstruck507
Car in sig. ~360rwhp on 98 injectors (28#). Walbro pump. 58-60# fuel pressure.

At 6200-6300rpm EFI live is showing my duty cycle to be 94-96%. The car was dyno tuned to 12.8-13.2 a/f ratio................Of course these could also be just minor tuning things, it's the high DC that is making me scratch my head.
We found a similar problem, though not as high as 90%.

See thread here for your interest..

https://ls1tech.com/forums/pcm-diagn...-wideband.html
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Thanks guys, bigger injectors will be put on the car eventually...but I'm waiting for the 799 heads and new cam because I don't want to keep paying for tunes or driving 4 hours to my old tuner.

I'm just wondering why about 98% of the cam only cars on this site are perfectly fine with below 90% DC making near 400rwhp and my lousy 360rwhp is sending them into the 90s.
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my 364rwhp car did 85% duty with redtops (34.6lb/hr at 58psi), so it's all about how efficient it is. your heads/cam will definitely improve that.
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Originally Posted by RedHardSupra
my 364rwhp car did 85% duty with redtops (34.6lb/hr at 58psi), so it's all about how efficient it is. your heads/cam will definitely improve that.
this is very true. My old head cam setup on my 402 was close to being out of injector. I put on a set of mamo afrs and a lot better cam, and my duty cycle dropped, same injectors. I was thinking I was going to have to upgrade, but didnt have the money right after the heads so i figured I would start tuning with what i had. Needless to say I was happy.
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