First off, I'm not shooting for any particular AFR, as my original post was about the need for a high-flow fuel pump. I wanted to know why I would need a pump if my AFR was reading rich anyway. Just like every other post on this site, it turns out to be a "tuning" issue, where everyone says to get a wideband o2 sensor and tune with it...
1.) I'm not basing any fuel requirements off of my NB AFR guage, it's just saying it's running rich, which is what I want...
2.) I'm not running some HUGE turbo, it's quite small actually a T28 at 5-6psi.
3.) I love the responses, LOL, I'm stubborn because all the advice is the same, yet people have plenty of probs with tuning... I've read the posts about tuning...
I posted on here cause I want some good advice, which I have gotten, but the reason I'm not hell bent on getting all this tuning crap is because I DO NOT CARE ABOUT MAXIMUM POWER!!!! If the engine is running a lil rich, so be it, as long as it won't be ruined... And as far as you guys can tell me, the only major thing I'm really worried about is pre-detonation and knock...
Dude, I respect that you've done it before, but obviously u care about SPEED and TRACK competition, whereas I don't. Also, u say that kits are crap just because u can't tune fuel supply, but not everyone (aka most poeple) cares about tuning their fuel supply.
I understand in an optimum setup a great AFR is needed for max power and reliability, and when the money comes in I'll certainly get what I can to make it perform better, but for now, answer me this question:
Will A small turbo w/ FMIC on a daily driver, with a simple FMU running a bit rich, stock fuel pump or high-flow if needed, hold up to the demands?? So far it has run perfectly, no probs whatsoever.
The guys who have done the tuning thing, are all about it and they want everyone else to do it too, yet the ones who say they've used cheap fuel management (FMU) say it works for them fine, THAT'S why I keep posting, so I get a variety of responses, not just your response saying I should do this or that.
Thanks,
Mike