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Cylinder 1 misfire after pi swap.

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tomustang

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after the swap the car runs great, it's got alot more power on the upper end. i took it to autozone today and they pulled the the code for cyl 1 misfire. i've checked the wires and the plug. it's all good. i'm leaning tward the the fuel injector. i don't know. any ideas?
 

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i think if its a bad injector, you'll eventually get a lean code. i had a leak in my intake manifold before and it took 2 weeks for it to finally realize it was lean
 

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i did the swap over a month ago. the electrical is fine. i guess i had the code since then. like i said it runs like a champ though. i had it pulled from autozone, i think it read lean too. i'm gonna go back over and see how much a single injector is.
 

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well, 62 bucks for a injector. before i spend $ on this is there another possible reason why this is comming up as a misfire?
 

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What are your plugs gapped at?
 

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stock .055inch
 

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tomustang said:
stock .055inch
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Theres your problem right there. That is way too much. You are flowing more air in there and it would be wise to use a smaller gap. Depending how modified your car is, I would have it between 36-42.
 

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they're .055 all around but just 1 cylinder is bad, how would that be? before exhaust i got PI heads and a ported intake
 

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tomustang said:
they're .055 all around but just 1 cylinder is bad, how would that be? before exhaust i got PI heads and a ported intake
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Because cars are funny like that. Mine did the same thing when I did my head swap and used the stock spark plugs and stock gap. I replaced then with a 1 step colder plug and decreased the gap and I wasnt getting the cylinder miss fire code.
 

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ah, that helps alot. thanks bro got a suggestion for a decent budget spark plug alternative?
 

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here you go,
http://forums.modulardepot.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2218
 

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gapped the plugs to .040, got more performance out of them but it still pulls the misfire code.
 

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Did you clear it?
 

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i cleared it and i came back on. still dont have a clue. i'm leaning twards the injector now.
 

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so a smaller gap for headswapped cars will make more power? i might try that. are u using copper or platinum plugs?

also, before you buy a new injector, just swap 2 of them and see if the misfire switches the other cylinder.
 

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wouldnt hurt to look for a vacuum leak at the cyl. #1 intake runner.....did you replace the intake gaskets too??? it doesnt take much of a leak to set a lean or misfire code...
 

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RysRed96GT said:
so a smaller gap for headswapped cars will make more power? i might try that. are u using copper or platinum plugs?

also, before you buy a new injector, just swap 2 of them and see if the misfire switches the other cylinder.
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wont make more power. When you have more air flowing into the cylinder and with a large gap, that extra air in the cylinder sometimes can disrupt the igniting of the air/fuel.
 

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tomustang said:
well, 62 bucks for a injector. before i spend $ on this is there another possible reason why this is comming up as a misfire?
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What for a stock 19lb injector!?! .....screw that, buy a whole used set on Ebay for that price, then flow match them.
 

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i cleared it and i came back on. still dont have a clue. i'm leaning twards the injector now.
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If its only happening in the number one cylinder, take the injector out from #2 and see what happens.
 

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RysRed96GT said:
so a smaller gap for headswapped cars will make more power? i might try that. are u using copper or platinum plugs?

also, before you buy a new injector, just swap 2 of them and see if the misfire switches the other cylinder.
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oh yeah. to mogs01gt for that power increase. very very noticeable. ill try the injector switch.
 
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