So apparently your tune sucks. 100whp off sucks? Possible, I don't know who this tuner is. But clearly from your idle afr, and gas mileage, you are running way to rich.

Black smoke is unburnt fuel. Not necessarily a problem, but it is a sign.

Retarding timing too much will cause a loss of power and even can cause overheating, which can then cause more detonation. Maybe your tuner sucks? If your tuner was seeing detonation, then he would want to reduce timing, if for some reason you were getting more detonation then typical, say from a bad knock sensor maybe? Aftermarket header too small, or a over heating or heat soaked engine etc, and your tuner like you say was trying to work around this, then I suppose that’s possible.

 

Im going to bring it back to them to do a retune and have them check everything out to see why it has such low numbers! thanks

 

8psi does not = 230whp

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They did, they compared my to a dyno they did with a honda civic with a procharger and it looked almost they same... Bull crap

Im afraid to have them re-tune and get the same results, but there Re-tune fee is only $150 compared to T1 Racing Developments $700 first time tune. I just do not know where to go or what to do at this point?

 

like i said I had them tune my car and the said the SC belt was slipping on the dyno and they were only able to rev it to 6k but the rev limit was set to 8.2k. The said it was good to go...tuned to 6k is not good to go to 8.2k

 

The first time they tuned it, they said they could only get 8psi on a 14psi Pulley And said it was good to go as well. I told them well is the tensioner tightened and they tightened it down and got 13.8 after that. So should I just suck it up and let "T1" Look at it...

They live 3 1/2 hours away but after all the money I put in there, I would not mind getting a second opinion from someone who has dealt with this before.

 

Talk with Tony before hand and explain to him what all you and SSA has done and see if he can look over the car really good and hopefully if he finds it to be a tuning issue then he may cut you a break on the troubleshooting fee if it just needs a retune. Also if it doesnt just need a retune and he finds a issue then maybe it will save you some money.

But if 280whp can rape a 5.0 fox body then I cant wait for my quest for SOS SC'ed 500whp S2000 to be done.

 

Thanks, I called them today and gave them my name number, and my situation and said they will have Tony call me on Monday to see if its a tuning problem... Thanks for the info on T1, also are you located in Texas somewhere?

It was so much fun, cant wait until I am in the 400whp club!

 

i'm subscribing to this thread as i'm boggled myself... please update us.

 

i know this sounds crazy, how's your rear tires?