No, I haven't fallen off the face of the earth

I have not posted in such a long time that I almost forgot how. I have been so busy ever since my wife announced that we will be having our first child in January 04'! I finally have the bird' running and was able to drive to to the shop and have it dyno'd. Unfortunately, it would lean out under boost and we were only able to boost to about 6 - 8 lbs for the dyno pulls. The good news is that it showed 175 HP at the flywheel even though it was set at less than factory boost! That is a 35 HP gain over factory. I bought an FMU that should eliminate the lean problem. The other thing I am concerned about is the overboost light and buzzer comes on sometimes. Is the overboost of function of the Air/Fuel mixture?

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NATO Member
1984 Turbo Coupe
Rebuilt Engine
New T3/T4 Hybrid Turbo
Large Spearco Intercooler with Bypass valve.
Adjustable cam gear.
Kirban adjustable fuel pressure regulator
K&N fender mounted filter.
8.8 readend with Ford Motor Sport 4.10's
Replaced entire brake system
Replaced entire fuel system
Replaced entire suspension
87' or 88' TC hood
Completely redone leather interior.
Turbo boost adjuster from Tiny Avenger
3" Exhaust - DP, Cat and Ultra Flo Dyno Max.
and just about every thing else...
except the body looks like hell.

First of all, CONGRATULATIONS on the baby! Looks like he / she will have one heck of a nice car to come home from the hospital in [Image: wink.gif]

Now, if you're leaning out with as little as 10psi of boost, you've got other problems with the car that need attention. What is your fuel pressure with the reference line disconnected? What about under boost (if you have a gauge with a long enough hose)?

Are you stil running the 30pph injectors with the stock computer and VAM?

All 2.3 EEC's were designed to handle boost, so adding a variable rate FMU into the equation can REALLY screw things up. Mustang guys only use them as a type of patch with their low-boost setups. On a TC with even a mild boost setting of 18psi, the lowest FMU riser rate disc I've seen at 6:1 would increase fuel pressure by *108*psi, in ADDITION to the base fuel pressure of ~40psi. Not only can this cause some serious damage to your injectors, but I don't think your fuel pump will be happy either.

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Estoril blue 1987 TC 5spd, 139k miles
k&n cone in fenderwell, PRofec B electronic boost controller, kirban adjustable fpr , walbro 255 hi-pressure pump, Bailey BOV, ported e6, Spearco 26x8x3 FMIC, a237 cam, mildly ported head, t3/t4 50 trim / stage III .63, full 3" exhaust, eec-tuner, 55pph injectors, dave compton a/f meter, Nitto 555R drag radials
Best 1/4 mile (before tuner, turbo, injectors, drag radials, cam, and FMIC): 14.120 (with 1.983 60' time)
Best trap speed: 98.44mph

[This message has been edited by SteveXX82 (edited 09-09-2003).]

Congratulation on the new addition to be.



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NATO Member. it's not a vice, it's an obsession
Letting the cat out of the bag is a whole lot easier than putting it back in.
88 TC X 2, 86 SVO, mods list at
http://www.turbotbird.com/showroom/pd_88tc.htm

Steve - thanks for the heads up on the FMU, do you mind e-mailing me your phone number? I would like to talk to you about some of these issues.

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NATO Member
1984 Turbo Coupe
Rebuilt Engine
New T3/T4 Hybrid Turbo
Large Spearco Intercooler with Bypass valve.
Adjustable cam gear.
Kirban adjustable fuel pressure regulator
K&N fender mounted filter.
8.8 readend with Ford Motor Sport 4.10's
Replaced entire brake system
Replaced entire fuel system
Replaced entire suspension
87' or 88' TC hood
Completely redone leather interior.
Turbo boost adjuster from Tiny Avenger
3" Exhaust - DP, Cat and Ultra Flo Dyno Max.
and just about every thing else...
except the body looks like hell.

Pete - thanks for the congrats! We are very excited - we just about gave up, my big 40 will be the January.

Congratulations! I have a 13 month old and let me tell you you just lost all your free time. I wouldn't trade it for naything.

Do you have a 255lph in tank pump? The Kirban will help but it will also cause the pump to hit its limit easier with the added pressure.

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mods: SDS Digital Fuel Injection, ported & polished big valve head(1.89/1.59), .500 lift roller cam, custom upper and ported lower intakes, TE60 turbo, powerstroke intercooler, 60mm throttle body, 75pph injectors, Walboro 255HP pump, Kirban adj. fuel reg., ATR header, 3" exhaust with Dynomax Ultraflow muffler, MSD 6al, MSD coil, MSD Launch Control, MSD 8.5mm wires, K&N filter, Star stage III clutch, Greddy Profec B boost controller, Weld Draglites with M/T ET Street 26x11.5/15

Congrats to you too Glenn, I realize time will no longer be mine, as well as no more money for the bird', oh well!

I have a dual fuel pump system on the 84, the one in the tank is attached to the sending unit and there is another one on the rail. They are both new, but they are factory. I was told it would not be possible to use a 255. True?

Not true.

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Kev
88 TC 5spd Black body, red leather, K&N in front of the radiator, bypassed BCS at around 17 psi, polished throttle body, 2 1/2" dynomax ultraflow mandrel bent duals. 255 lph fuel pump, totally rebuilt head with Melling cam kit

Congrats on the soon-to-be little one! January is right around the corner!

I agree - Free time will be consumed with things you can't even imagine right now. I have 5 (five) children, and one on the way (due mid-october), and I would not trade ANY of my children for ANYTHING! The more kids you have, the easier it is as a parent - you have more bigger hands to help with the smaller hands.

Good luck with everything!
Keith

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88 TC, mostly stock. Future plans include: Eibach Front Lowering Kit; Gillis Valve; 2.5" Stainless Cat-Back Exhaust (done); T3 turbo; Ported/Polished head work; port-matching on all pieces; and the list could go on and on and on...

For every person with a spark of genius, there are a
hundred with ignition trouble.