Well I think(95% sure) I found my leak. I only found it 10% to late. It seems when I pulled off my oil pump pulley the fire time the seal came out and was wedged way back inside. I've been moving that seal from front case to front case with that seal on the pulley. All of that time, the oil pump wasn't sealing. I happend to pull the pulley off and found the entire back side of it busted into little pieces. Looks like I need a new oil pump seal and pulley. Hopefully that does it case I'm about sick of this. I'm just happy the car is still running half way well.

The mid fuel trims, ideally, should come in around -5 to +5 once they settle out. Yes, they change around based on conditions, including altitude, etc. The reason we want them near those number is so that, in those extreme conditions, the ECU has plenty of room to change up as needed. If numbers are high positive or negative, I'm taking it, they have less room to fluctuate should conditions dictate more + or -.

The mid fuel trim appears to be key and is generally, initially, set by the injector "scale". That, as far as I can tell, translates to size. Changing the numbers from 750 to 731 moved mid trim down. I got an e-mail a bit ago with a new ROM saying he's stepping down to 713 to get just a bit more before we start working on WOT tuning.

From my spotty reading, it seems that, after the mids are dialed-in, variables such as injector latency voltage come into play for low trims and idle smoothness. Mix in long-term fuel trims and short-term fuel trims for low, mid, and high, and, as you can see, it gets pretty grainy.



My comment about the car running rich was based on a Mellon statement that my car was dumping in fuel (I guess that's what the higher mid fuel trim number means) and in watching the fuel gauge needle do it's imitation of a sweeping second-hand ... ... j/k, but you get the point.

There a lot of crap on all of this in the management forums at Evom. One good example: http://forums.evolutionm.net/showthread.php?t=207924&page=2

but damn this summer's been nothing but running and bullshit and this is just more indication of how out of control it's all been.
Yeah, I have some control over this. I'm not completely whipped. But with the car down I've not staked my claim to weekends, etc. So I guess I've brought it all down on myself.


so I assume, ECU helping or not, that she's runnin' pretty rich.

You got a race Turbo...I predict low 14's for her next outing!

Well I'm only getting a 16G. Sticking with the 14B for a while. Just looking for a way to simplify running the IC piping since I'm a total n00b with no friends w/ mechanical knowledge. Lol.

Is that Koyo rad thinner than stock? I don't want to cut up my fan shroud for the intercooler and would like a new radiator since mine has some slight surface rusting. I'm looking for something a little thinner if it's at all possible...

if someone has a open pass seat, I would like to go... I think I would look a bit goofy driving the stang.

good info, I've got the car over to Corey's place(A/C in the garage) I'll tear into her tomorrow again. If it is the front seal I wonder if 20 sec on a 4000 rpm studder would show it. It's a new front case with a brand new seal, but that doesn't mean anything. Well here's hoping.....

As for dad, he's home safe and sound. Doc's got him on some meds(which I don't totally agree with). But overall things are good. To send a line up into a heart and put in a stent is really an amazing thing.

I think Spy mentioned that the EVO guys are using the E-brake to allow them to slip the clutch a bit while revving or on the 2-step to help build boost for the launch. I don't know if my clutch would handle that kind of thing though.

01 GT 4.6 Automatic Mustang

14.1 Motor/slicks
13.57 @ 104 50 shot
13.12 @ 109 100 shot.

Had a great time, everything was perfect.

Thanks Marcus!!!

Ok, so more fiddling today and I discovered another new find.

If I go from 2nd to 1st quickly I get no grind.

I'm going to put in some 85-140W Coastal Gear oil in and see if it helps since it's never been rebuilt.

i am "sceered" to break my EVO two weeks after i bought it? hell yeah i am. i have never blown anything up at autoX... we will see.