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Sigh.....hmmhm......I wish their was a 3.8 club here in Toronto so we could meet up every couple of weeks work on our cars sip back a couple cold ones and enjoy our 3.8 power.
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Update:
Got the exhaust welded yesturday. Car is far quieter but still has a ticking sound. Now I am sure the Y-pipe is leaking Car pretty much lost all the power it had gained from the mods. . Plans for today, Getting a new 02 sensor today, Retorquing the headers again, and resetting the PCM . Hoping to have a better report in 2 days after the PCM relearns again.
Got the exhaust welded yesturday. Car is far quieter but still has a ticking sound. Now I am sure the Y-pipe is leaking Car pretty much lost all the power it had gained from the mods. . Plans for today, Getting a new 02 sensor today, Retorquing the headers again, and resetting the PCM . Hoping to have a better report in 2 days after the PCM relearns again.
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You lost all the torque because you decreased back pressure. Add a back pressure piece back in and you'll probably get torque back.
Trust me.. headers kill low end to a certain degree, which is why we always tell people that changing the exhaust size is bad.
The tick might be the headers..
Trust me.. headers kill low end to a certain degree, which is why we always tell people that changing the exhaust size is bad.
The tick might be the headers..
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The power is not just in the low end. The car from 0-90 feels sluggish compared to before. Its ok this PCM on this car is very picky. I pretty sure I will nail it down.
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While the car had the exhaust leak it had great mid- range and top end power.After we had everything welded. The car got its low end grunt completely back, but then the rest of the powerband became very sluggish almost like the car felt before the headers and rockers were installed.