So my build list is extensive, I had a total top half rebuild back in November.
94 cobra 5.0L
B303cam
AFR 165 heads
bbk headers
CAI with 70mm throttle body
MAC exhaust
are the items worth noting.
I asked my mechanic to put BBK hi flo cats on because I wanted her to be emissions legal. After about a day I took her out for a drive and I was in bumper to bumper traffic on the highway when i started to smell burning plastic and smoke coming out of my emergency brake well. I thought my car was on fire so i pulled immediately over and checked underneath. The cats were I sht you not, glowing blue. After I let them cool off a bit, i drove her back to the shop immediately. He told me that he never puts cats on any of his builds, and the cats were causing too much backpressure from the motor and overheating. So we cut them off.
This fixed everything, except now everytime I drive her, I absolutely reek of fuel, he told me with the B303 he doesnt want the car to run lean, and not too long ago I went back because he said he double checked the tune he put on her and saw he left an emissions switch on so he turned it off, he failed to mention to me that he increased the timing on her. When we started her back up, she stalled immediately, I had to spend 2 hours resetting the idle with him. And shortly after fixing the idle we noticed blue smoke coming out of the tailpipe
My question for you guys is, I assume the blue smoke is from him increasing the timing. the car hardly has 44k miles on it, i doubt the piston rings are spent that quickly and she wasnt pouring out blue smoke before (or at least i never noticed). and #2 is it that normal to reek of raw fuel with no cats? is there a way to change the tune where i can put catalytic converters on it without them overheating?
alot of questions here I know... but i literally have to shower everytime I drive this thing. He told me thats just the way it is, and I have a hotrod now, its no longer a cruiser. Which i understand, except the drivability of this thing really went out the window.
thanks for reading
94 cobra 5.0L
B303cam
AFR 165 heads
bbk headers
CAI with 70mm throttle body
MAC exhaust
are the items worth noting.
I asked my mechanic to put BBK hi flo cats on because I wanted her to be emissions legal. After about a day I took her out for a drive and I was in bumper to bumper traffic on the highway when i started to smell burning plastic and smoke coming out of my emergency brake well. I thought my car was on fire so i pulled immediately over and checked underneath. The cats were I sht you not, glowing blue. After I let them cool off a bit, i drove her back to the shop immediately. He told me that he never puts cats on any of his builds, and the cats were causing too much backpressure from the motor and overheating. So we cut them off.
This fixed everything, except now everytime I drive her, I absolutely reek of fuel, he told me with the B303 he doesnt want the car to run lean, and not too long ago I went back because he said he double checked the tune he put on her and saw he left an emissions switch on so he turned it off, he failed to mention to me that he increased the timing on her. When we started her back up, she stalled immediately, I had to spend 2 hours resetting the idle with him. And shortly after fixing the idle we noticed blue smoke coming out of the tailpipe
My question for you guys is, I assume the blue smoke is from him increasing the timing. the car hardly has 44k miles on it, i doubt the piston rings are spent that quickly and she wasnt pouring out blue smoke before (or at least i never noticed). and #2 is it that normal to reek of raw fuel with no cats? is there a way to change the tune where i can put catalytic converters on it without them overheating?
alot of questions here I know... but i literally have to shower everytime I drive this thing. He told me thats just the way it is, and I have a hotrod now, its no longer a cruiser. Which i understand, except the drivability of this thing really went out the window.
thanks for reading