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Old May 12, 2018 | 06:31 PM
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Need help fine tuning my setup, am I rich? Lean? Pushing it? How's the timing? Actual boost number are about 1.5 psi below the screen shot. IAT rises to about 160 if I stay in it, then pulls 2 degrees

stock lq4 gapped ljms stage 2 80mm on e85
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Old May 13, 2018 | 11:03 AM
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Old May 13, 2018 | 01:54 PM
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AFR is 11.3 which is plenty safe especially running E85. You could be running a little leaner and maybe pick up some more power as well as adding a few degrees timing---as long as you do not have knock. I don't understand the 248kpa and your Airmass is only 1.18.
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Old May 13, 2018 | 02:17 PM
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Probably a scaled tune. I scaled mine to get more use out of the timing table.
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Old May 13, 2018 | 03:35 PM
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It started as a base tune from denmah, I'm pretty sure its scaled. I've never gotten a knock so I'm concerned a little that they don't work or are disabled somehow, or just lucky? it shows they are enabled in the tune.

thanks for the input, going in for some dyno time next week, will pull plugs and see what it looks like. I get a lot of mixed input on timing and air/fuel with e85 and boost. Trying to find a good standard or base
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Looks good to me. How's it feel?
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Old May 17, 2018 | 09:57 AM
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Feels great after some tuning, I added timing to Total 18.5 at 20 psi
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Old May 17, 2018 | 10:00 AM
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What do you think about the plugs? It was reading 12.4 air fuel on the dyno wideband but 11.8 when I got on the street. My wideband was in much better condition though, so I'm more inclined to think that mine is correct
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Old May 17, 2018 | 10:06 AM
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how many threads have heat in them?
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Old May 17, 2018 | 10:44 AM
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It seems to just touch the top thread
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What kind of plugs?
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good choice, surprised you didnt have more heat in the threads though. They look ok to me.
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Old May 18, 2018 | 08:43 AM
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Ok fellas, new problem..... under WOT when I either have wheel spin or under a very quick "ramp" I'm getting what I first thought to be rev limit, but its not.
Its happening anywhere from 4200-5500 rpm. Under load, about 80 or so I get nothing. Think it may be spark plug blowout? Maybe coils are bad? Or possibly air bubbles in fuel... what do you guys think??
Soark plugs are gapped to .0022
in hp tuners it's almost impossible to see the pause in rpm.
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