Author Topic: Fuel Starvation: UPDATE (Read 1049 times)

Starfury · « **Reply #25 on:** July, 09, 2009, 09:45:49 AM »

Sounds good. One more question, though: do you have some sort of cutoff for the pump in case of an accident?

daveSanborn · « **Reply #26 on:** July, 10, 2009, 06:31:21 AM »

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She's pullin' right through 7k rpm in all gears now

Yeah, I'd be careful with that. Stick to 6k and you're much less likely to grenade the engine.

Meyer65 · « **Reply #27 on:** July, 10, 2009, 02:46:55 PM »

I actually drive my car like an old lady 99% of the time. That's why it took me over 3 years to even address this problem (that and it was worsening).

Even though I rarely break 4k rpm, it's always nice to know I could :)

When really hauling ass though I try to shift around 6500rpm. This seems to keep my right in the torque/hp sweet spot on my engine. Redline is about 7200.

daveSanborn · « **Reply #28 on:** July, 13, 2009, 04:41:24 AM »

I can't recall your particular engine specs, but are you positive of these shift points/red-line? Getting a SBF's red-line to 7200 RPM isn't easy (or cheap) and most valves are usually floating around 6k.....

Meyer65 · « **Reply #29 on:** July, 13, 2009, 06:20:38 AM »

Well I guess it depends on how you define redline.

7200 rpm is when the valve float really kicks in and the engine just won't spin any faster. I've only done this once or twice, just to see where it was. Not something I'm in the habit of doing.

But the 6300-6500rpm range seems to be right where the torque curve starts to drop off. She still pulls real hard from 6k to 6300-6500 or so. I have my shift light set at 6200 so I am sure to shift before 6500

Again I'll reiterate how rarely I do this to my engine (I sure as hell don't want to pay to fix anything), but I've done it enough to know that these numbers are correct (that is, of course, assuming my tachometer isn't off). I really only do it if and when I go to the strip (which I haven't done in many years). Best ET was 13.61