seedling
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HISTORY:
Car sat up from late 2005 to early 2014. Back in 2014 I followed “Spring Cleaning” to the letter. Discovered that the car Bowling Green Customs SLIC, BGC Volt Booster, old school after market chip, air bag in right rear, K&N Filter, Boost gauge on pillar and oil and temp gauges in console. Dumped all the fuel tank appeared to be fine (at that time). A new / upgraded fuel pump was added. It was cold the first I drove it and it ran like a bat out of hell (it would light ‘em up even rolling into at 45 mph). First issue I notice was there was too much boost. I was told to put in stock chip and still too much boost. And something about higher operating temp and too much timing on stock chip so I put old aftermarket back in.
EATING FUEL FILTERS
Then came the fuel filters, one after another, after another and another. So I got lots of practice (if you ever need one changed I’m your man, 5-10 minutes and we’re purring again)! Then one day, I actually heard the filter clog – “boomp” and from then on you had to feather the gas to get anywhere past ¾ throttle or it would sort of shut down. Not really but it wouldn’t give it enough fuel to keep that pace up.
FUEL SYSTEM UPGRADES SHOULD FIX IT, RIGHT?
So knowing that it needed a full on fuel systems upgrade, I added PTE 65 flow matched injectors, walbro 255 pump, accufab regulator, hot wire kit, new TT Chip, all new highway stars rubber lines to tank, new Napa Gold fuel filter, new baffled tank and I thought that I was set. NOPE!! Not so fast buck-o, your driving a Buu-zik, remember? So no it can’t be that easy, right? RIGHT!
Line off pressure adjusted to 43 psi and take a ride. Right away the car feels different, not sure why, but, it does. And remember before the car never spit, sputtered nor did anything funny (other than would not supply enough fuel if you stomped it past ¾ throttle). BUT YOU COULD STILL GET IT TO WOT IF YOU FEATHERED PAST ¾ AS IT WAS OBSTRUCTED BEFORE. Well, now not so much as I started to ease into it and at about 2/3 -¾ throttle it actually misfired. WHOA! Not good! So I stopped that, turned around and drove the car straight home and parked it. It felt like secondary spark issue as it started to feel funny just as it came under a load.
In the mean-time we get a nice little south Louisiana flood which was the highest most have ever seen it as it actually came into my garage. So in the chaos of moving cars, tools, animals and the like I somehow sliced what a brand new tire (which they don’t make in that size anymore so I have to buy two drag radials darn right)? I also misplaced my fuel rail gauge so long story, I don’t know the current fuel pressure. So I’ve two weeks to discuss this with others and I’m told that I need an LT1 MAF and a Translator. OK, fine so I order that (and about a half dozen MAF pipes that I can’t use and the saga drags on).
HISTORY:
Car sat up from late 2005 to early 2014. Back in 2014 I followed “Spring Cleaning” to the letter. Discovered that the car Bowling Green Customs SLIC, BGC Volt Booster, old school after market chip, air bag in right rear, K&N Filter, Boost gauge on pillar and oil and temp gauges in console. Dumped all the fuel tank appeared to be fine (at that time). A new / upgraded fuel pump was added. It was cold the first I drove it and it ran like a bat out of hell (it would light ‘em up even rolling into at 45 mph). First issue I notice was there was too much boost. I was told to put in stock chip and still too much boost. And something about higher operating temp and too much timing on stock chip so I put old aftermarket back in.
EATING FUEL FILTERS
Then came the fuel filters, one after another, after another and another. So I got lots of practice (if you ever need one changed I’m your man, 5-10 minutes and we’re purring again)! Then one day, I actually heard the filter clog – “boomp” and from then on you had to feather the gas to get anywhere past ¾ throttle or it would sort of shut down. Not really but it wouldn’t give it enough fuel to keep that pace up.
FUEL SYSTEM UPGRADES SHOULD FIX IT, RIGHT?
So knowing that it needed a full on fuel systems upgrade, I added PTE 65 flow matched injectors, walbro 255 pump, accufab regulator, hot wire kit, new TT Chip, all new highway stars rubber lines to tank, new Napa Gold fuel filter, new baffled tank and I thought that I was set. NOPE!! Not so fast buck-o, your driving a Buu-zik, remember? So no it can’t be that easy, right? RIGHT!
Line off pressure adjusted to 43 psi and take a ride. Right away the car feels different, not sure why, but, it does. And remember before the car never spit, sputtered nor did anything funny (other than would not supply enough fuel if you stomped it past ¾ throttle). BUT YOU COULD STILL GET IT TO WOT IF YOU FEATHERED PAST ¾ AS IT WAS OBSTRUCTED BEFORE. Well, now not so much as I started to ease into it and at about 2/3 -¾ throttle it actually misfired. WHOA! Not good! So I stopped that, turned around and drove the car straight home and parked it. It felt like secondary spark issue as it started to feel funny just as it came under a load.
In the mean-time we get a nice little south Louisiana flood which was the highest most have ever seen it as it actually came into my garage. So in the chaos of moving cars, tools, animals and the like I somehow sliced what a brand new tire (which they don’t make in that size anymore so I have to buy two drag radials darn right)? I also misplaced my fuel rail gauge so long story, I don’t know the current fuel pressure. So I’ve two weeks to discuss this with others and I’m told that I need an LT1 MAF and a Translator. OK, fine so I order that (and about a half dozen MAF pipes that I can’t use and the saga drags on).
