^thanks..

sending it in a min. (to your email)

 

vince to the rescue again

 

update...

i had a look at the tensioner, it's at its max. all in.. which is weird.

the belt i got is Gates k060795. which i'm assuming is 79.5" ... hmmm. no idea what's going on.

the mechanic is suggesting that i need to change the engine pulley to an aftermarket one with the same size. plus change the BPV as well (which i can't understand why).

what do you guys think?

 

If you add the GTM pulley mod you will be just fine with that belt.

 

^shouldn't i just go with a shorter belt?

Goodyear's vendor is near, and i can look for something shorter. if it's only Gates and Napa, then i'm left only with ordering them which would take no less than a week.

 

get a shorter belt with thicker "teeth" that goes deeper in between the pulley "gabs"

and also.. how many hp do u expect to get?

 

^i will need a part number.. i can't just go on and buy any lower number belt.

my expectation was about 350whp (worst that could happen), but it was worse than that and only produced 15whp.

 

Hey Mahmood, I need your ECU number, i dont wanna just just modify your "onstreet" ROM I wanna maybe use one of my already tuned Vortech Maps to start with....

 

Also what MAF u running?

 

I don't have any part number... it was my tuner who went to a shop and bought one belt that was about 3cm shorter..

today we went tuning again.. and ran into new problems.... my tuner told me that the 600cc's were too big for the UTEC and 3.12 pulley.. so below 3k rpm the AFR would be either too lean or too thick.. so now we are going to drop the 600cc's and go with stock injectors..
let's hope the problem doesn't hit you.
my car has been sitting for 2 weeks now. and still is... so I can understand if u are frustrated.

 

sorry for the late reply, Vince.. it's really getting late here and i'm almost asleep.

anyways, i've sent you the ECU number. and just to confirm, i'm running the stock MAF.

thanks again for everything you're doing. i really appreciate it.

 

sorry to hear that you got another problem to deal with.

can you ask your tuner what did he get you? i would appreciate it.

probably the UTEC can't scale the injectors, that's why your tuner might be facing such problem. if you do a search, you'll find alot of ppl ended up ditching the UTEC and going with another EMS (Osiris, F-CON, Haltech).

once you're car is up and ready with the stock injectors and no problems for couple of weeks/months, then you can look into investing some money in a better EMS, and at the same time putting those injectors back in to get them tuned in.

tbh, regarding my setup, i'm not too upset about it. i love to learn, and being in this situation can only increase my knowledge in this field. it sucks that i can't drive my only car and have to borrow someone else's, but life goes on, and one day the car will be ready and i'll be enjoying it.

always look at the cup half full.. not half empty..

the best of luck with your setup.

 

You should not be having any problems with 600cc injectors being scaled on Utec. I'm running 550cc and it runs fine. There are even sutups out there with 750cc on utec.

 

Yup, it's been working fine FWIW and will chirp 3rd gear easily.

 

Plus 1.

Utec didn't work that great for me but it worked with 600cc.

 

no reason to change all that stuff.

k060795 is an 80 1/8" long belt. that's what i use. the 79.5" belt is k060790

goodyear belts will work but generally gates belts work the best. Properly tensioned you shouldn't have an issue though.

and sticking with taht belt size and adding a pulley mod is the best route for no slip. pulley mod helps a bunch in getting more belt contact area along with not having to tighten your belts near as tight.

 

alright... i'm not gonna change any of that stuff.

since i have access to Goodyear belts, i'll buy the shorter one for now and have a go at tightening it.

if i don't see any improvements, then i'm gonna do a pulley mod.

 

i did forget to mention one thing.. after my run last night, came back home, while the car is still running, i poped the hood up, and noticed the power steering fluid looks like it's boiling.

since the same belt drives the power steering pulley, i'm assuming it's probably not driving it properly (which is a belt slip/ not tight enough), and that would cause the oil boiling..

thoughts on this please!

 

Nope, it probably wasn't even boiling. With the car on it will slosh around because the fluid is moving but it's irrelevant.

 

hmmm.. interesting.. never noticed that before.

you could be right on this.