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Old 04-10-2007, 12:55 PM
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and if it makes any difference to this diagnosis my gas mileage sucks
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Old 04-10-2007, 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted by nodnarb481
and if it makes any difference to this diagnosis my gas mileage sucks
well now i got your problem figured out. you dont even have to spend any money. i have 2 extra o2 sensors that were used for a bit on my shortys and then couldnt get them out when i swapped to longtubes. ill give them to you and we'll install them. also, i have a can of seafoam in my garage you can use. it doesnt go in the gas tank, it goes through the brake booster line. with the amount of miles on your car, you should be fine with it. also, jon has crc maf cleaner spray. we've got you hooked up pal

ill be home again this weekend as always. I have a code reader too to help. We'll get er back to normal
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Old 04-10-2007, 01:54 PM
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Dang...will you be my friend too? My car is slow and I was gonna buy some Nitrous, Heads, Cam, and a Stroker think you got some of that laying around? :P

Man its nice to have F-Body friends!!
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wanna line up with a slow LT1?
You mean mine? Sure, lets race.
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Old 04-10-2007, 02:43 PM
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joe.. i love you. Tell me when you want to install the o2 sensors.. i already got the maf cleaner, throttle body cleaner, and seafoam.. just waiting on the TB gaskets.
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Old 04-10-2007, 03:06 PM
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Your buddys car is only a tenth slower and you raced through a corner,he had the inside . Do you really think you should have passed him. Think about it.
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Old 04-10-2007, 05:03 PM
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yea i know.. but he has intake and catback.. you can see my mods in my sig.. i think if all that made only .1 difference people wouldnt bother doing it.
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Old 04-10-2007, 05:44 PM
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you may or may not know this but if your gonna seafoam the manifold and cylinders, aka through the brake booster line, then change the plugs afterwards as well. hey everything helps
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Old 04-10-2007, 06:01 PM
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you may or may not know this but if your gonna seafoam the manifold and cylinders, aka through the brake booster line, then change the plugs afterwards as well. hey everything helps
I'm pretty sure your suppost to change the oil too, I always have. I'd rather be safe than sorry.

But you have alot of suspension mods, so DRs will be your friend

I'd say get those O2s changed and if you have any exhaust leaks you need to get those fixed too. Also check for vacume leaks, those can be a real killer for power. Hope you get your problems figured out
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Old 04-10-2007, 06:05 PM
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Im currently working on getting a Y-pipe to take care of those exhaust leaks, new o2's, seafoaming, changing plugs and changing to synthetic, cleaning MAF and throttle body, and then Ill see where Im at

Drag radials on the way as well!
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Old 04-10-2007, 06:53 PM
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Originally Posted by nodnarb481
Im currently working on getting a Y-pipe to take care of those exhaust leaks, new o2's, seafoaming, changing plugs and changing to synthetic, cleaning MAF and throttle body, and then Ill see where Im at

Drag radials on the way as well!
Either that or there is something wrong with your tune? I don't know for sure, but it seems that your car should be a little faster than what your getting out of it.
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Old 04-11-2007, 11:30 AM
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If it gets to the point where the tune is in question we should try to meet up and I can throw my tune in there to see if that works any better for you, don't worry I have all the software needed to do that...
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sounds like a plan.. we are doing seafoam, TB cleaning, MAF cleaning, Plugs, oil change, o2 sensors and all that jazz on sunday so I will get back to you if its still an issue.
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Originally Posted by nodnarb481
yea i know.. but he has intake and catback.. you can see my mods in my sig.. i think if all that made only .1 difference people wouldnt bother doing it.
I now see your point. good luck I hope you find what your looking for.Keep us posted on what you find. Thanks ,ayers1967
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Old 04-11-2007, 03:23 PM
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so far i put seafoam in my gas tank and I gotta say I noticed a difference VERY quickly.. so thumbs up to that..Still have to:
Seafoam the rest
Clean MAF
Clean TB
Change Plugs
Change Oil
Change o2s

then well see whats up
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