RB level 2 ecu flash a/f's
#1
RB level 2 ecu flash a/f's
recently a friend of mine was having some trouble with his 8, Lost of power issue. He has the level 2 RB flash and a fresh engine with approx 5K on it.
I hooked up my dude logger and his grams per sec was 211 @ 8.8k
which is ok.
My question is his a/f's NEVER got any richer than 13.8 and I could not identify the area in which the apv's open. Maybe RB tuned that out--I dont know.
But my question is ---is 13.8 a/f from 6.5K up an ok a/f for a na engine with no cat?
OD
I hooked up my dude logger and his grams per sec was 211 @ 8.8k
which is ok.
My question is his a/f's NEVER got any richer than 13.8 and I could not identify the area in which the apv's open. Maybe RB tuned that out--I dont know.
But my question is ---is 13.8 a/f from 6.5K up an ok a/f for a na engine with no cat?
OD
#15
Team---never use the word never.
Besides you dont know if I searched or not. Yes I did search--and I couldnt find in all the hundred of pages that i went through any definate answers to my oridginal question. Lots of maybes.
Even RB themselves said it was ok--even the 14.1--14.2 until 6.5-7K at 100% load.
OD
Besides you dont know if I searched or not. Yes I did search--and I couldnt find in all the hundred of pages that i went through any definate answers to my oridginal question. Lots of maybes.
Even RB themselves said it was ok--even the 14.1--14.2 until 6.5-7K at 100% load.
OD
#16
Bigus Rotus
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I'd like to see a data log, if you could get one, of the calculated load and afr and rpm. Looks like this setup would generate a ton of heat from excessive exhaust gas temps. This is on a stock fuel pump? That scares the heck out of me. I guess it is hard to get a NA Renesis to detonate, eh?
#17
he is having trouble with engine temps--really. And he has upgraded cooling mods--pump- good radiator etc.
her is a screen shot
http://garx8club.com/v3/download/file.php?id=2796
http://garx8club.com/v3/download/file.php?id=2797
Sorry--these files are too big to post here.
od
her is a screen shot
http://garx8club.com/v3/download/file.php?id=2796
http://garx8club.com/v3/download/file.php?id=2797
Sorry--these files are too big to post here.
od
Last edited by olddragger; 10-23-2010 at 09:01 PM.
#19
I'm not surprised he's having issues with engine temperatures. The leaner your air/fuel mixture the higher your EGT's go. I wouldn't be surprised if he was seeing EGT's well above 2000 degrees. At some point that will cause problems with engine temperature.
One batch of bad gas and that could result in a problem.
If this is a friend of yours Denny, I'd tell him to ditch the off-the-shelf tunes offered by RB and get himself a custom tune for his car.
I wouldn't worry about it as long as you're not knocking.
If this is a friend of yours Denny, I'd tell him to ditch the off-the-shelf tunes offered by RB and get himself a custom tune for his car.
#20
No respecter of malarkey
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Back in 2007 after I made some mods I was running low - high 14s for quite a while on a custom Cobb beta tune. That's why I requested them to adjust itdown to the low-mid 13s on the Dyno when I had an event at Miller Motorsports Park, which dropped peak power by several hp and ran the 220 rwhp Dyno .....
#21
Thanks Guys
It going to be hard to get him to change anything for the next 2 months as he is going to win the TTD NASA SE championship,---if his car holds together. Thank God for colder weather
The track events that he has left to do should have a high ambient in the 60's--this w/e at CMP and it will be long john weather and the last one at Road Atlanta in December.
He never runs a cat.
I also warned him of the radiate heat being sent to his trans via that close exhaust pipe---advised heat shield----he didnt do---now has grinding in second gear----sigh. Plus he is running BG synchroshift oil---its a damn good oil but it is a little lower viscosity.
Best I have found is 2 quart redline MT 90 and 1 quart BG mixed and then fill the trans.
OD
It going to be hard to get him to change anything for the next 2 months as he is going to win the TTD NASA SE championship,---if his car holds together. Thank God for colder weather
The track events that he has left to do should have a high ambient in the 60's--this w/e at CMP and it will be long john weather and the last one at Road Atlanta in December.
He never runs a cat.
I also warned him of the radiate heat being sent to his trans via that close exhaust pipe---advised heat shield----he didnt do---now has grinding in second gear----sigh. Plus he is running BG synchroshift oil---its a damn good oil but it is a little lower viscosity.
Best I have found is 2 quart redline MT 90 and 1 quart BG mixed and then fill the trans.
OD
#22
No respecter of malarkey
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Redline released a new trans oil recently; MT85, sort of a half way gap between MTL and MT90. I still prefer Heavy Shockproof for non-street use .... This time around I did keep the cat out in the OE position with an aftermarket blanket shield for trans & wiring protection. The trans generates enough heat on it's own. No need to further compound the issue.
Wrt your original question, should of added that I also used higher than street fuel octane rating. Also ran the high dollar metallic cat without issue too. I think that running WOT AFRs in the 14s for an NA Renesis is ultimately only going to add stress and wear on the combustion sealing internals. More of a longer term issue than a short term catastrophic failure.
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Wrt your original question, should of added that I also used higher than street fuel octane rating. Also ran the high dollar metallic cat without issue too. I think that running WOT AFRs in the 14s for an NA Renesis is ultimately only going to add stress and wear on the combustion sealing internals. More of a longer term issue than a short term catastrophic failure.
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Last edited by TeamRX8; 11-03-2010 at 09:20 AM.
#23
totally agree. If he can keep his temps under control --which with the cooler weather I think they may be OK.
he is using race gas when available. You have to be careful of what track you are at before you buy their gas. Some of it I wouldnt put in my weed wacker. Road Atlanta has a good source, but CMP----ummmm no--fuel jugs to the rescue.
Shockproof---that stuff is too pretty to do a good job
OD
he is using race gas when available. You have to be careful of what track you are at before you buy their gas. Some of it I wouldnt put in my weed wacker. Road Atlanta has a good source, but CMP----ummmm no--fuel jugs to the rescue.
Shockproof---that stuff is too pretty to do a good job
OD