I have a question. Do our Ralliarts really run rich? The reason I ask is I've had several people from work tell me that when they were behind me and I hopped on it that a puff of black smoke came out. Hell my friend from work came in this morning and game me a hard time telling me I really need to clean the carbon out of that thing because he was behind me yesterday in his mustang when we were getting on the highway and he said when I hopped on it a puff of black smoke came out the tail pipes. I don't beat the pi$$ out of my Ralliart but I don't baby it either. Also I'm completely stock so I would think a tune would lean it out if in fact the Ralliart does run that rich from stock.

 

Yes the RA does run rich; a tune will help even that out. I'm sure you have a nice layer of soot building up on your tailpipes like the rest of us.

 

A small amount of smoke is normal when you first stomp the gas. It may happen even with a tune.

 

That's kind of what I thought. No wonder the thing sucks down fuel if it's dumping that much into each cylinder. Oh well I'd rather have it run rich than lean. Thx for confirming what I thought.

 

not sure how many miles you have on your RA, but I have 12000 km and the mileage seems to be getting better and better. I can get over 500 km on a tank now with just freeway driving.

 

I have 4000 mi on mine. It is better now than it had been brand new. That's good to know. 500 km (310mi) that's really good. I think I've been mainly getting around 220 mi per tank but that is a mix of city/hwy. Not that it really matters. I didn't buy my Ralliart because of the fuel mileage.

 

Maybe I need to slow it down....35,000km now, and MIGHT get 500km to a tank!

horrible mileage....but so worth it!

 

I only have 20,000 km, but I absolutely agree that it's worth it.

 

from what i was told from a friend the car isnt running rich if its a newer car the turbo needs to be broken in reason why black smoke shoots out

 

All turbo cars run rich from the factory as a safety precaution.

 

I agree I got 3600 miles on my RA and it blows black soot. The car move woooo

 

Yes turbo cars run rich from factory but the RA is on the leaner end of the scale (hence the debate re needing a retune when installing new intake). The EVO X runs much richer than our poor RA's.