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| Bartlett 914 |
 Jul 9 2011, 09:47 PM
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Advanced Member  Group: Members Posts: 2,216 Joined: 30-August 05 From: South Elgin IL Member No.: 4,707 Region Association: Upper MidWest  |
I am driving from Chicago to Reno today. I did 22 hours in the seat and I have 700 miles to go!
I am having some cooling issues. I feel I am running hotter than I used to. I did have a lean running condition and I think I am out of the woods on this one. I installed an AFM meter. I had to boost the fuel pressure to get to 13.9 to 14.4. The other thing I did was I used Brad Penn 20 W 50 oil. I was running Royal Purple 10 w 40. I used the Brad Penn because it was available and this oil is supposed to be the oil to use (but maybe not the viscosity) Could this be causing a heating problem? I think an external oil cooler may be in my future. FWIW, I was near the red in the early morning cool hours pushing 70. Once I got to west Nebraska and Wyoming, the heat became a real issue. I plan on Being in Reno for more than a week, anyone want to connect up. drop a pm. I would love to hear form anyone here |
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| brant |
Jul 11 2011, 11:51 AM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 11,771 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Colorado Member No.: 47 Region Association: Rocky Mountains 
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royal purple oil is a synthetic and does have good zinc levels
(the race version does) I would prefer it to the brad penn which is not a true synthetic your much too lean at 16:1 you've got something funny going on. Either your MPS is wrong or something else is playing havoc with your system brant |
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| Bartlett 914 |
Jul 11 2011, 07:43 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,216 Joined: 30-August 05 From: South Elgin IL Member No.: 4,707 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
QUOTE(brant @ Jul 11 2011, 12:51 PM)  royal purple oil is a synthetic and does have good zinc levels (the race version does) I would prefer it to the brad penn which is not a true synthetic your much too lean at 16:1 you've got something funny going on. Either your MPS is wrong or something else is playing havoc with your system brant I was 16/1 I am lower more like 14.2 I was down to 13.7. I am curently at 5,000'. I think this is making me leaner. I must say that my car really feels nice. It has never run so smooth. I see no difference from cold to warm. It just starts and goes. I know I am getting close. I just wish I didn't need such high FP to get here. I rechecked my MPS And ECU. Runing 044 and 043 combination. I am not sure why the mps would be off the way it is. It seems to be off in a linear fashion. Maybe the aneroid cells inside collapsed. Maybe my car is weak in vacuum. This I have not checked. I am pretty sure I do not have a leak. There is no hunting at idle. Reno is pretty nice. Pleasant day here. Who (or What)is EBS in Sparks? |
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| Dave_Darling |
Jul 12 2011, 11:17 AM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 15,051 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California
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QUOTE(Bartlett 914 @ Jul 11 2011, 06:43 PM) Who (or What)is EBS in Sparks? Engine Builder's Supply (or EBS Racing) in Sparks, NV. Evidently a suburb of Reno. http://www.ebsracing.com/ --DD |
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| ArtechnikA |
Jul 12 2011, 12:11 PM
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rich herzog Group: Members Posts: 7,390 Joined: 4-April 03 From: Salted Roads, PA Member No.: 513 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(Dave_Darling @ Jul 12 2011, 01:17 PM) ... Sparks, NV. Evidently a suburb of Reno. "Reno is so close to Hell, you can see Sparks ..." Sparks is a little NorthEast of Reno proper, but it's more of a gentle transition than a completely separate community. Been to EBS many times. Jon and his crew do a good job. Big supporters of the Sierra Nevada Region PCA, at least when I was there... |
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Bartlett 914 Oil viscosity and engine heating Jul 9 2011, 09:47 PM
underthetire I think your a little on the lean side still. I sh... Jul 9 2011, 09:55 PM
Bartlett 914
I think your a little on the lean side still. I s... Jul 9 2011, 10:04 PM 914Mels
I think your a little on the lean side still. I ... Jul 9 2011, 10:29 PM Bartlett 914
[quote name='Bartlett 914' post='1506903' date='J... Jul 9 2011, 10:38 PM underthetire You really got problems if your fuel pressure is m... Jul 10 2011, 12:30 PM 914Mels
You really got problems if your fuel pressure is ... Jul 10 2011, 01:23 PM Joe Owensby I would love to see if the temps came back down a ... Jul 10 2011, 03:50 PM Jake Raby Sounds lean...
Brad Penn dies typically run hotter... Jul 10 2011, 04:10 PM Bleyseng Does the engine ping at all?
what is the engine ti... Jul 10 2011, 04:14 PM Bartlett 914 Hi All.
Well I made here. Damn is it hot here... Jul 10 2011, 09:01 PM Don M check with EBS in Sparks. Jul 11 2011, 07:13 AM Vacca Rabite Going up in elevation would make you richer. You w... Jul 12 2011, 03:53 AM rick 918-S I was thinking Vaccum leak. Could be heat related ... Jul 12 2011, 07:06 AM r_towle how is your timing? might be off after a long run ... Jul 12 2011, 02:39 PM Bartlett 914
how is your timing? might be off after a long run... Jul 12 2011, 07:21 PM Cap'n Krusty
how is your timing? might be off after a long ru... Jul 12 2011, 08:12 PM Bartlett 914
[quote name='Bartlett 914' post='1508389' date='J... Jul 12 2011, 09:09 PM messix do you have stock heat exchangers? are the heat du... Jul 12 2011, 07:46 PM Bartlett 914
do you have stock heat exchangers? are the heat d... Jul 12 2011, 07:52 PM Jake Raby Cap'n I am glad to see you post that.. Perhaps... Jul 12 2011, 08:31 PM r_towle I agree, I run 20w50 in the summer and 10w 30 in t... Jul 12 2011, 08:39 PM r_towle get 20w50 oil...
The temp gauge you are reading is... Jul 12 2011, 09:12 PM Bartlett 914
get 20w50 oil...
The temp gauge you are reading i... Jul 12 2011, 09:16 PM r_towle oh, I thought you said you had 10w30 in there now.... Jul 12 2011, 09:28 PM Bleyseng Sounds like changing the dizzy is your problem. Re... Jul 13 2011, 08:00 AM 396 Good luck with your temp concerns.. and congrats o... Jul 13 2011, 08:19 AM Bartlett 914 Thanks for all the replies. The input was helpful.... Jul 26 2011, 11:47 AM Jake Raby Get a real gauge with incremental values. No one k... Jul 26 2011, 06:11 PM |
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