69MyWay
Well-known member
I would bet your problem is in the esc (timing portion). It does not get up and running until you hit closed loop. With the heated O2 you are getting there pretty quick eventhough you are not that hot on the engine. You must have a bad setting on your timing.
Here is how to do it for max efficiency.
You need to get a scanner. I like the Actron Brand, but really any brand that has a instant read mode is fine. You will plug it in, and dial it up to your cars, then ask it to show you three different things. You want to see the loop mode, spark advance, and O2 milivolt readings.
Drive the car around until you see closed loop. YOu need a passenger for this and some open stretch of road. When you hit closed loop, you will do some wide open throttle runs. You want to watch the spark advance/retard feature on the scanner. Keep adjusting the ignition timing by turning the distributor foward and backward until you see little to no retard on WOT under a load. You have no use even for a timing light other than to initially start the engine.
Now, watch the O2 reading. You want it to stay under 900, and above 800 at WOT in closed loop under a load. You can adjust this by cranking up and down on the fuel pressure regulator.
This requires a lot of stop and go, open the hood, making adjustments, then going again.
I have a feeling you are running too advanced, and when you hit closed loop, then warm up to where it wants to detonate/spark knock, the timing keeps getting kicked back retarded causing you to loose power or at the least that crisp feeling you get when it is cold.
let me know how this works out.
Here is how to do it for max efficiency.
You need to get a scanner. I like the Actron Brand, but really any brand that has a instant read mode is fine. You will plug it in, and dial it up to your cars, then ask it to show you three different things. You want to see the loop mode, spark advance, and O2 milivolt readings.
Drive the car around until you see closed loop. YOu need a passenger for this and some open stretch of road. When you hit closed loop, you will do some wide open throttle runs. You want to watch the spark advance/retard feature on the scanner. Keep adjusting the ignition timing by turning the distributor foward and backward until you see little to no retard on WOT under a load. You have no use even for a timing light other than to initially start the engine.
Now, watch the O2 reading. You want it to stay under 900, and above 800 at WOT in closed loop under a load. You can adjust this by cranking up and down on the fuel pressure regulator.
This requires a lot of stop and go, open the hood, making adjustments, then going again.
I have a feeling you are running too advanced, and when you hit closed loop, then warm up to where it wants to detonate/spark knock, the timing keeps getting kicked back retarded causing you to loose power or at the least that crisp feeling you get when it is cold.
let me know how this works out.
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