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Old 03-23-2017, 12:25 PM
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iv been chasing my tail on this one. cant for the life of me figure out whats going on.

its a 08 5.3 with headers 222/222 cam and d1sc procharger with 3.55 pulley, has bosch 650cc injectors and walbro 450 every time I get up to around 9 psi the truck starts cutting out and the wide band goes crazy when it starts cutting out but from what I can tell in the log its pretty close before it stats its shenanigans.
I was thing maybe the gas was running to the back of the tank where the pump couldn't pick it up so I filled it up and same story, tried a power brake, no luck.

I think I'm running ngk br8 plugs, cant really recall. one thing I didn't do is gap them, just remembered I didn't do that. could I be blowing the spark out at 9 lbs?

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Old 03-23-2017, 12:42 PM
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What are the plugs gapped at? Those are pretty cold plugs for 9psi, have you pulled them to see how they are burning? I am on my phone so can't see the logs.

I know you said you didn't gap them so I would check a couple and see.
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i would put try in tr6 in there and see what happens
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The ultimate goal is 17 lbs. I just can't get past ~4500 rpm to get there.
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Sounds like ignition issue for sure without seeing the logs. Check for burned wires and cracked plugs? I would start with the gap around 0.028" and tighten from there as needed.
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Originally Posted by Atomic
Sounds like ignition issue for sure without seeing the logs. Check for burned wires and cracked plugs? I would start with the gap around 0.028" and tighten from there as needed.
I concur with this. I would gap them there also.
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I don't think br8 plugs have the proper resistors

Try 7s at 0.025
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Just gapped them to .28 and looked they are ngk tr6. Havent got to try it out yet.
My old set up I ran br7s so I thought I got br8s
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What was the gap? TR6's aren't as sensitive on gap as 7's and 8's. 6's in the .032 range should work fine. I still suggest reading the plugs to see if the heat range is correct.
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The plugs looked almost new really, had a slight (very slight) Brown tint to them. They were nearly .040

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