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Is my fuel enrichment working?



Allyn-
  You say good cams will cure the over-6K rev power drop, but that your
rieger cams start laying down above 5500.  Do they still out-pull the
stockers above 6K?

Larry  sandiego16V

> As you get past 6k, the factory cams become the bottleneck, and you end up
not gaining much more
> mass of air in the cylinders as your rpm goes up. Also, the factory design
of the airflow sensor
> plate doesnt tune it properly for ops at >6k, thus slightly leaning out
the engine (better for
> emmisions, but not for power). A power module will fix the leaning part,
better cams will solve the
> airflow problem. The rieger has only cams (no power module) and pulls
harder and harder up to about
> 5500. It starts to fall off past that, but its not a noticable power loss.
I dont stay up that high
> very much, except on the occasional nice long pull to 105 in 3rd (nice on
an entrance ramp). Gotta
> love that FN.
> Al


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