Restricted airflow?
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Restricted airflow?
I just got my car back from the shop and I still have one problem. My car struggles at high RPMS...
I recently had a flooded engine and my car would not boost. I got the flooding fixed and replaced a hose and a few other minor things to get the car boosting again. Now, for a while I was running all my mods (see my SIG), with a STOCK ecu because i had to temporarily get rid of my PowerFC.
I have upgraded fuel injectors (1200cc) so my car was running EXTREMELY rich for a while and wouldnt have any power in high rpms with the stock ecu. Thats because the stock computer cant handle all the mods I have.
Now that its boosting again and i have the PowerFC back in, the turbos work fine and everything and I get boost, but i start to lose power at high RPMs.
I think running so rich for a while may have melted my high flow cat and that is what is restricting airflow? Maybe I need new plugs? What would cause the high end power to be so low? Any suggestions would help. Thanks in advance.
I recently had a flooded engine and my car would not boost. I got the flooding fixed and replaced a hose and a few other minor things to get the car boosting again. Now, for a while I was running all my mods (see my SIG), with a STOCK ecu because i had to temporarily get rid of my PowerFC.
I have upgraded fuel injectors (1200cc) so my car was running EXTREMELY rich for a while and wouldnt have any power in high rpms with the stock ecu. Thats because the stock computer cant handle all the mods I have.
Now that its boosting again and i have the PowerFC back in, the turbos work fine and everything and I get boost, but i start to lose power at high RPMs.
I think running so rich for a while may have melted my high flow cat and that is what is restricting airflow? Maybe I need new plugs? What would cause the high end power to be so low? Any suggestions would help. Thanks in advance.
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running rich makes you run cooler then if you were running lean. perhaps you clogged the cats...
BTW: Why get a highflow cat and not a midpipe?
You can always grab a pipe and just punch out the cat
BTW: Why get a highflow cat and not a midpipe?
You can always grab a pipe and just punch out the cat
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