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Old Nov 1, 2009 | 04:48 PM
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No meth here either. 12.2 AFR at WOT, 10-11 psi. But I just have a 'lil 5.3.
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Old Nov 1, 2009 | 06:00 PM
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Originally Posted by AKlowriderZ71
No meth here either. 12.2 AFR at WOT, 10-11 psi. But I just have a 'lil 5.3.
isnt that a lil high on the a/f ratio, dont you want to be mid 11's?
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Old Nov 1, 2009 | 06:21 PM
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yes, it's a little high. I run methanol over 6psi.
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Old Nov 1, 2009 | 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted by trever1t
yes, it's a little high. I run methanol over 6psi.
did you pull timing out of your motor too when you went meth? and what kind of gains do you see with meth added?
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Old Nov 1, 2009 | 06:35 PM
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with meth you can add timing due to the increase in Octane. I have no idea of what, if any gains Meth alone offers, I pullied down, increasing boost at the same time and have been using meth ever since.
There's a lot of info on the boards regarding the benefits of meth
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Old Nov 1, 2009 | 08:22 PM
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I am not running meth but at WOT my a/f gets down to 10.2 ...I think this is a little on the rich side but works for now. I want to lean it out a bit to see if it gets a little more power.
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Old Nov 1, 2009 | 08:57 PM
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I just drove home from work and I guess my memory just isn't what it used to be. 11.2 to 11.5 at WOT.

Terravast4, how much boost do you see with that 2.8 pulley and those heads?
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Old Nov 1, 2009 | 09:09 PM
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Looks like 12# max but waiting for winter to see if that changes........I will get a meth set-up in the future but for now have a very rich tune...................probably too rich
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Old Nov 1, 2009 | 09:15 PM
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Winter? Ha, that's funny for me to hear you say. 30 degrees here today. How cold does it really get there?
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Old Nov 1, 2009 | 09:31 PM
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30 is probably the coldest and probably only a week or two........but it will increace boost and i am looking at 12# in 105 degrees vs. 40-50 degrees in winter. Curious to see how much it changes
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