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FAT DOWN LOW AND LEAN ON TOP

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Rich at idle and low speed, almost loading up. Detonation top end. I pulled some timing out of it but no difference. There is no steady ck engine light. I only get the ck engine light on cold mornings and it is intermittant. Under throttle it comes on, when I let off it goes off. HMM I am thinking o2. Any ideas, without going to the shop and spending $$$.
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Any thoughts yet?
 

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Is your engine N/A? whats your setup like......
 
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bone stock ,with a K&N. New distributor, new plugs, new filters, clean trottle body, no vaccum leaks, new wires, new blaster coil. Everything else under the hood is original.
 

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Ya I would check those 02's, are your cats still on the car? I would check those out to.......do you know what your fuel pressure is at? I would put some higher octane gas in their until you figure it out if you haven't already. It may help some of that detonation your having.
 
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ok, cats are comming off, next week. Running 93 octane and I pulled some timing out of it. Still lean. So, I will take care of the cats, then o2, then adjustable feul pressure regulator.
 
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