When getting knock do you add or remove fuel.

[Arturo]

Im getting from 4.3 to 6.2° of retard. Do I ned to add or remove fuel?

 

[RIFF RAFF]

thats an add ..

 

[rmar]

usually u would add. but how much boost??? and do you have a way to check fuel pressure? a scam master? or a adjustable chip?

 

[Arturo]

Yes scanmaster and fuel guage.

 

[Arturo]

Thats fp with vac line back on started at 43 static fp

 

[Arturo]

Oh only 15 lb of boost

 

[Arturo]

Bump

 

[RIFF RAFF]

explain when did this start .. all of a sudden ? could be bad gas or low octane ..

 

[Arturo]

The car wasnt tuned. It only had a k&n, fuel pump and cam. Since I bought it I installed 3” dp w/dump, hooker cat back, ls1 mass air with translator and just today a scanmaster and hotwire kit. I didnt know till today that I had knock. I adjusted fuel to 43lb without vac line. Ran the car down the street and got 5.9 retard debrees on scanmaster with 816 mv. Also started hearing a ticking sound. Aic number on scanmaster is also high idle at around 74. Thanks for any tips in advance.

 

[Arturo]

With 1/2 to 3/4 throttle car pulls hard at wot it seems really weak.

 

[theCATman]

It feels weak at WOT because of 6* of timing being pulled.

What chip is in it? If it's a Turbo Tweak chip, I'd start by unplugging the orange ECM wire from the battery to reset the chip to default settings. Then drive it for a few miles to let the chip re-learn & then run some 3rd gear pulls watching for timing retard.

 

[Arturo]

Conleys . Ill try the reset thank you sir.

 

[theCATman]

Conleys . Ill try the reset thank you sir.

Never heard of it. I'm guessing it's not adjustable. You can try resetting, but it probably won't due any good.

Go here, get a chip & when it arrives, take the POS chip that's in the car now & either smash it into dust with a hammer or light it on fire.

http://www.turbotweakstore.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=1000

 

[RIFF RAFF]

ok when you mounted your maff & translator did you open the trans box and set your switches ? what kind of chip ?

 

[DaJoker]

First thing I would do is get a Turbo Tweak chip. Definitely worth the money and you should have more adjustments with the TT chip. Don't really know much about Conley chips.

 

[Arturo]

Yes I set the switches in the trans. What kind of adjustments can you do on a chip?

 

[groumoutis]

With the Turbo Tweak chip you can adjust fuel at wot and timing. Once you get a TT chip make sure you adjust in small amounts and just one thing at a time so you will know if you are making things worse or not.

 

[Arturo]

Ok thanks guys ill order chip very soon. if im going to get a stall converter should I get chip after converter or chip and converter dont affect each other?

 

[RIFF RAFF]

get the chip first ..

 

[jasjamz]

When ordering the chip, tell him the torque converter you are buying, not the one you have.