14.0 is not too rich at idle. You want it at close to stoich which is between 14.6 -14.7. Most tuners will shoot for that figure at idle.
I get that. It was especially impossible to use the wideband with open header and a big cam obviously. But What are you suggesting then?
If it's idling strong, no fuel smoke or unburnt fuel from the tailpipes and the plugs read clean then can 14-14.5 really be "too rich" for this combo? You have yours idling in the 15s? I guess I just don't follow if you're saying to find the happy spot and it would appear that I'm in that ballpark.
That's why I've been trying to log enough to build an idle table for <3% TPS and <1200rpm. So I'm not relying on the target AFR table.
See I, being admittedly inexperienced would think to steer clear of 16+ AFR. But I think you've got a really good point. The motor reads about 70kpa right now. Obviously not expecting a ton of vacuum but the car seems noticeably more "wound up" than it did in the car it came from. I am/was happy with how it's been running and I'm not going to shoot for a specific AFR but I think I'll keep pulling fuel out of it because I'm betting you're completely right in my case.The point I'm trying to make is that in a perfect world 14.7 might work out, but with a ton of variables that may be out of your control, you just have to work with what you have and just make the thing run right.
Also, when i was first tuning the car and had it way fat at idle, the thing was idling way high in the MAP table and when i started taking fuel out of it, it came down the MAP and that made things much happier in general, car made more vacuum, brakes worked better, better throttle response... It took some work in the idle cells with my car, and now that i changed throttle bodies i get to do it all over again lol.
That's probably true. I appreciate the advice though.I didn't even want to throw the number out there cause i didn't feel like arguing the point.
nothing like the way a quarter stick sits in a mustang i love it
Exciting stuff
I prefer this quarter stick over the cheetah (that everyone raves about)nothing like the way a quarter stick sits in a mustang i love it
Turn and burn baby!PS. Cars for sale
My next project will be back to a manual. I like this MVB auto just fine. But like you said, nothin really compares.Turn and burn baby!
P.s. Where I usually agree with you 99% of the time, I think hot roddin' is bangin gears like you life depended on it. My next mustang will be a 6 spd.
I definitely wasn't going to let myself ditch it until it ran and I drove it. That was my compromise so that's what I stuck with.Speaking of selling, there's a 94 cobra near me for $4500. Rio red, staggered FR500s, a/c works. Motor has a strange vibration. Im thinking about it, but I promised myself Id finish what Im working on instead of bailing out early