396 stroker misses badly and primaries are glowing
#1
396 stroker misses badly and primaries are glowing
My buddy bought a car with a recently built 396 stroker which seemed to run great (spun second from a low rpm punch) when he first got the car, but is now running like crap. The basic setup for the car is...
396 w/forged internals
FAST w/wideband
236/242 XE
Ported Heads
11:1 compression
6 speed
no cats
bigger injectors
The car ran some very slow 1/4 times last night so we popped the hood and noticed that nearly every primary was glowing. The car will even miss if the rpms are held at 2500. We pulled all of the plugs and everyone of them was solid black! We also readjusted the rockers, but the primaries still glow and the car still misses.
Right now we think have it narrowed down to 3 things...
Opti is toast
Timing chain is off a tooth
Wideband is not correct and the car is running WAY rich
Please let me know what you think is causing the car to miss and primaries to glow.
Thank you
396 w/forged internals
FAST w/wideband
236/242 XE
Ported Heads
11:1 compression
6 speed
no cats
bigger injectors
The car ran some very slow 1/4 times last night so we popped the hood and noticed that nearly every primary was glowing. The car will even miss if the rpms are held at 2500. We pulled all of the plugs and everyone of them was solid black! We also readjusted the rockers, but the primaries still glow and the car still misses.
Right now we think have it narrowed down to 3 things...
Opti is toast
Timing chain is off a tooth
Wideband is not correct and the car is running WAY rich
Please let me know what you think is causing the car to miss and primaries to glow.
Thank you
#2
Re: 396 stroker misses badly and primaries are glowing
Constant miss like a dead cylinder? Does it miss more under load?
Not sure what kind of headers, but my Hooker LT's have a tendency to glow a bit around the head and is noticeable at night...
Not sure what kind of headers, but my Hooker LT's have a tendency to glow a bit around the head and is noticeable at night...
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Re: 396 stroker misses badly and primaries are glowing
I had this happen on a Grand SPort. 2 fuel injector lugs were on the wrong injector. Real simple check, you will see if they dont look right, they will look a little stretched. Its a simple check..
Last edited by Steves396lt1; 11-12-2005 at 08:40 PM.
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Re: 396 stroker misses badly and primaries are glowing
if it really ran better initially like your friend said, then its likely something that degenerated over time as opposed to a faulty install.
Glowing headers usually happens from a lean condition, but then your plugs would not be black. I had bad misfires and glowing header primaries with a toasted opti. When I took the opti out, i could hear stuff rattling in it.
If you think the car may have been running bad frmo the start, but took a while to actually notice it, then it could be any number of install problems.
Glowing headers usually happens from a lean condition, but then your plugs would not be black. I had bad misfires and glowing header primaries with a toasted opti. When I took the opti out, i could hear stuff rattling in it.
If you think the car may have been running bad frmo the start, but took a while to actually notice it, then it could be any number of install problems.
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Re: 396 stroker misses badly and primaries are glowing
Originally Posted by med_reject
Glowing headers usually happens from a lean condition, but then your plugs would not be black.
Do you know if you have any knock retard? How much timing is being pulled? Do you have a way to scan the engine? Is it possible you could have too much preload on the lifters?
-Mindgame
Last edited by Mindgame; 11-12-2005 at 11:40 PM.
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Re: 396 stroker misses badly and primaries are glowing
Originally Posted by Mindgame
Glowing headers are not a sign of a lean burn.... just the opposite. The plugs are black because the a/f is rich.
Do you know if you have any knock retard? How much timing is being pulled? Do you have a way to scan the engine? Is it possible you could have too much preload on the lifters?
-Mindgame
Do you know if you have any knock retard? How much timing is being pulled? Do you have a way to scan the engine? Is it possible you could have too much preload on the lifters?
-Mindgame
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Re: 396 stroker misses badly and primaries are glowing
Is it possible, that the tune is just that bad for it? If you changed the plugs, I bet it would run OK for a little while until they foul out again ... Once their fouled out, it would miss, the O2s will lean it out, and it would get hot ... I think it could just be a bad tune, too rich ...
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Re: 396 stroker misses badly and primaries are glowing
Originally Posted by HardcoreRM125
Is it possible, that the tune is just that bad for it? If you changed the plugs, I bet it would run OK for a little while until they foul out again ... Once their fouled out, it would miss, the O2s will lean it out, and it would get hot ... I think it could just be a bad tune, too rich ...
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Re: 396 stroker misses badly and primaries are glowing
One other thing that I noticed is that KPA will hit 97 at WOT, but MAP will only reach 86 at WOT. From what I understand this means that the car has way too much vacuum at wot? The car idles in the 55 KPA range with a MAP of 13.
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Re: 396 stroker misses badly and primaries are glowing
Originally Posted by Kreinmc
One other thing that I noticed is that KPA will hit 97 at WOT, but MAP will only reach 86 at WOT. From what I understand this means that the car has way too much vacuum at wot? The car idles in the 55 KPA range with a MAP of 13.
I'm going to replace the opti and check the timing chain. I'd also like to get the car on a dyno to verify the wideband readings.
BTW, this is the owner of the car. Thanks for the replies.
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