what can i do to check my engine to make sure everything about it is working properly? i just spent 2800 dollars having my stock tranny built, new converter, steel planets, transgo shift kit, etc... and im still not making much power aqnd im getting terrible fuel mileage. about 12 mpg

 

How many miles? What has been done to the fuel system- pump/ injector service? Do you have any gauges on it?

Check your lift pump pressure. Adjust your valves. Check your timing. INjectors need to be removed to check pop pressure and atomization.

This should be a good place to start.

 

how do i chekc timing and pop pressure on injectors? do the injectors need to go to somebody for checking

270000 miles and no gauges

 

oh i dont know if this helps or not but it seems to do beter in the evenings when the air is cool

 

maybe the intercooler is dirty?

 

i start with gauges, change all the fluids, kill the kdp, adjust the valves, fuel filters, new lift pump or a fuel pressure gauge, belts, flush the cooling system, check the inter cooler for leaks and clean it, check the air filter. what shape is the turbo in, does it have excessive play up down side to side

 

How would one clean the intercooler. Blow some air through it?

No really, I don't know how.

 

Pressure washer.

Sounds like after 270,000 miles maybe your fuel pressure is down and your lift pump is bad.

Air filter dirty? All connections between airbox and turbo are good?

CHECK THIS- elbow from bottom of turbo to intercooler is tight and not leaking.

 

I get it. Like a radiator.

 

new piston lift pump and new bhaf installed within the last month, ill look into the intercooler to see if thats my problem