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**tones2SS** · #**591** 10-15-2010, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by 69MSA

I'm not sure how I feel about your wheels. They might not look good on Bad Penny. You should probably just get new ones.

Matt

OHHHSS NOESSS!!

**Steve1968LS2** · #**592** 10-20-2010, 06:25 PM

Car fired up and ran ok.. brough up stuff to temp and no leaks.

Running VERY lean though.. my AF meter is showing pegged at 16:1 .. but the exhaust smells really rich (lots of hydrocarbons)

Trailering to dyno tune next Wednesday.. was gonna drive it there

New wheels look bad freakin ass.. I'm sick as a dog right now so no pics or weights but I will get them next week.

**GregWeld** · #**593** 10-20-2010, 06:30 PM

Lean smells Fat. Not sure why I know that.... but it does.

Unburned fuel is oxygen rich and can trick the O2 into thinking it's pig fat so it corrects and goes lean. Or something along that order. I had that issue with mine once. We fixxxxxxeedddeded it.

awr68 · #**594** 10-20-2010, 08:32 PM

Take it easy for a day or two Steve....you certainly don't need to get worse!

**Steve1968LS2** · #**595** 10-20-2010, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by awr68

Take it easy for a day or two Steve....you certainly don't need to get worse!

I can't talk so that's most likely a blessing for everyone else

Thank God for keyboards..

**Steve1968LS2** · #**596** 10-20-2010, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by GregWeld

Lean smells Fat. Not sure why I know that.... but it does.

Unburned fuel is oxygen rich and can trick the O2 into thinking it's pig fat so it corrects and goes lean. Or something along that order. I had that issue with mine once. We fixxxxxxeedddeded it.

It was funny.. it got progressively worse.. throttle response slowed.. kept getting leaner.. RPM dropping.. computer was all flumixed.. nothing a good tune can't fix.

**GregWeld** · #**597** 10-20-2010, 08:43 PM

Steve, sorry to hear you can't talk. Is the wife happy about that?

My problem - if I remember right - was the tuner (me) thought the idle was fat - so took fuel out - which then made the A/F not burn well - which caused a lean miss - which read fat cause of the unburned fuel - which caused the tuner (me) to take out more fuel -- and well -- you get the picture.

The only computer I should get near is one that just does email.

BritishGreen68 · #**598** 10-20-2010, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by GregWeld

We fixxxxxxeedddeded it.

I LOL'd.. haha...

**tones2SS** · #**599** 10-21-2010, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Steve1968LS2

I can't talk so that's most likely a blessing for everyone else

Thank God for keyboards..

I'm in the same boat brother. Starting feeling sick 2 days ago. Now it's kicking my butt.

Can't wait to see Penny with the new wheels.

**Steve1968LS2** · #**600** 10-26-2010, 08:45 PM

Found out I have walking Phumonia (sp?)... no wonder I feel like crap. Got three shots, and inhaler and some kick ass cough swill.

But SEMA waits for nobody.. lol

New wheels are on the car and she goes tomorrow to dyno tune then back to BOS so we can finish up all the little stuff.

Shaun Dove (TwinSting) over at EVOD showed me a new deal he is doing. In short he has a way to cast emblems now. So he took my Bad Penny logo, scanned it, made it 3Dish and then made centercaps for my wheels.

He said he ca do this with any logo or car name and the cost for the entire set of custom one-off center caps is only about $250. Considering the billet Forgeline caps run $200 that's a hell of deal.

He can color them many ways, these he used a dye to give the patina copper look.

He can also do one off emblems as well (like if you had a car name or something) for under a hundred bucks.