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Re: nocooler's firechicken thread
« Reply #1440 on: June 25 2024, 07:56:53 PM »
Race Car parts!  Owners like to suffer!
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Re: nocooler's firechicken thread
« Reply #1441 on: June 27 2024, 04:48:23 PM »
Trying to keep this thing as simple as possible.
210lb/hr injectors installed, updated the tune, dropped the fuel pressure from 60 to 45psi and it fired right off and seems to be happy.
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Re: nocooler's firechicken thread
« Reply #1442 on: June 28 2024, 08:50:53 AM »
Sooner or later. 8.99
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Re: nocooler's firechicken thread
« Reply #1443 on: June 28 2024, 02:42:02 PM »
It may not go any faster with more boost. We will have to find out.

My parents suck at the moment and I don't know what to do with them  :icon_fU:
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Re: nocooler's firechicken thread
« Reply #1444 on: July 02 2024, 02:39:32 PM »
Drove the car around - fueling is a few percent off. Couple more 10 mile drives and I should have cruise, and part throttle mapped well enough to make an educated guess on how the WOT part of the fuel table will need to be changed.
The 210s seem good this far - they idle fine, and drive around good.
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Re: nocooler's firechicken thread
« Reply #1445 on: July 09 2024, 03:24:18 PM »
Got the idle fueling and timing dialed a little better - she rev's nice an crisp.
I ended up redoing the transmission lines, was still having some minor issues. Got rid of the coupling fittings so stuff isn't rigid mounted to the trans, everything was so tight, it was almost impossible to get a wrench on it. Need some more atf and then it needs to be driven, so I can fix it all over again
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Re: nocooler's firechicken thread
« Reply #1446 on: July 09 2024, 11:50:23 PM »
Always easy to recognize the voice of ex6
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Re: nocooler's firechicken thread
« Reply #1447 on: July 10 2024, 12:58:51 PM »
That analogy went over my head….
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Re: nocooler's firechicken thread
« Reply #1448 on: July 10 2024, 07:17:10 PM »
I think I meant experience? Lol
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Re: nocooler's firechicken thread
« Reply #1449 on: July 10 2024, 09:17:56 PM »
I thought I was missing something  :rofl:
Wife is telling me to just go find a trailer and buy it. Since it makes it 100% easier for me to race.
My dad sold the trailer he had promised to my brother and I. We even told him we’d pay fair market pricing. He’s choosing to be a dick at this point.
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Re: nocooler's firechicken thread
« Reply #1450 on: July 11 2024, 12:16:45 AM »
That's too bad. A trailer will certainly make it easier
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Re: nocooler's firechicken thread
« Reply #1451 on: July 18 2024, 03:15:49 PM »
So the lines aren't leaking but the trans is seeping at the front pump again.
I've come the conclusion that the Lokar dipstick is no where near to being accurate. The level was set running and it sat for a few days. Today I popped the tube out and stuck my finger in, didn't even get one knuckle in and hit fluid. No wonder this thing pukes fluid everywhere when it sits. I've got a new locking metal tube and real dipstick coming - I'll install it and calibrate it, and try again maybe with the correct fluid level my problems will disappear.
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Re: nocooler's firechicken thread
« Reply #1452 on: July 19 2024, 09:30:28 AM »
Hope that is the problem!
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Re: nocooler's firechicken thread
« Reply #1453 on: July 26 2024, 10:12:39 AM »
Jeremy, grab a cheapass trailer like I had. Came from Indiana. Got it for 6 grand at zero percent interest at the time. I never worried about blowing the car up cuz I could shove it on the trailer and bring it home. If you only hit the track occasioanlly, then Uhaul is the hot ticket to rent a trailer. Trailer I had was 20 foot. The original tires were nylon. Only lasted a season. Keep an eye on that when buying.
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Re: nocooler's firechicken thread
« Reply #1454 on: August 29 2024, 01:45:48 PM »
As I figured the Lokar flexible dipstick was hitting the side of the pan wall and causing it to read incorrectly.
Fingers crossed the correct dipstick and tube takes care of my issues....
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