Hey gents,
I'm in the process of tuning my Bullitt for e85 on the 2.2l Kenne Bell, and am working with a Base Tune that has the Short Term Fuel Trims spot on, and so it's time to start perfecting the WOT portion of the tune. Well, I took the car out the other night and put it in 4th to do a minor pull to see where I stand, and the car pegged at 9.0 AF Ratio, after the car got from about 2k rpms to 3k it just stopped making power, probably because it was pig rich. After that I got out of the throttle and got off the highway. When coming to a stop, the car died on me after coming to a stop. I had to try and start the car while feathering the throttle to get the car back up and running, and when it was running, I had to give the car a little gas or it would not stay running.
Well, fast forward to about 15 minutes after that, I was on the way to take the car home when I noticed something strange after 2.5k RPM's, I had a strange sound from the car, and a feeling in the pedal every time it would happen. I limped the car home, and have it sitting in the driveway. I will post a video later in the evening of the sound that it is making, but I just wanted any opinions over what this could be? What do I need to do to diagnose this issue? I plan on looking at the plugs, is a compression test probably necessary? Strangely, the car seems to be idling perfect, it is only when the car starts going higher in RPM's does this become more apparent.
Thanks ahead of time,
Dakota
I'm in the process of tuning my Bullitt for e85 on the 2.2l Kenne Bell, and am working with a Base Tune that has the Short Term Fuel Trims spot on, and so it's time to start perfecting the WOT portion of the tune. Well, I took the car out the other night and put it in 4th to do a minor pull to see where I stand, and the car pegged at 9.0 AF Ratio, after the car got from about 2k rpms to 3k it just stopped making power, probably because it was pig rich. After that I got out of the throttle and got off the highway. When coming to a stop, the car died on me after coming to a stop. I had to try and start the car while feathering the throttle to get the car back up and running, and when it was running, I had to give the car a little gas or it would not stay running.
Well, fast forward to about 15 minutes after that, I was on the way to take the car home when I noticed something strange after 2.5k RPM's, I had a strange sound from the car, and a feeling in the pedal every time it would happen. I limped the car home, and have it sitting in the driveway. I will post a video later in the evening of the sound that it is making, but I just wanted any opinions over what this could be? What do I need to do to diagnose this issue? I plan on looking at the plugs, is a compression test probably necessary? Strangely, the car seems to be idling perfect, it is only when the car starts going higher in RPM's does this become more apparent.
Thanks ahead of time,
Dakota
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