Results 1 to 8 of 8

Thread: My idle is horrible

  1. 01-05-2009 #1
    Admiral Jedi
    Admiral Jedi is offline
    Tuner
    Join Date
    Dec 2006
    Location
    Spring Hill, Tennessee
    Posts
    53

    My idle is horrible

    I can't seem to get my car to idle correctly. '03 Cavalier - 2.2 Ecotec, Blower cams.

    Very often when I push in the clutch, the rpms will drop to ~400, then they'll fall to zero. I can keep it running with the gas pedal.

    Also: starting is a pita. I need to tap the gas to get it to start.

    I started changing the Idle VE table because it was idling lean. I changed my idle values to the Low RPM Coastdown values and smoothed it because I thought the drastic change in values may have been causing he problem.

    What can I do?

    Tune and log are attached.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  2. 01-05-2009 #2
    Admiral Jedi
    Admiral Jedi is offline
    Tuner
    Join Date
    Dec 2006
    Location
    Spring Hill, Tennessee
    Posts
    53
    I've gone back to the stock Idle table because it was better, but the problem remains.

    Can I set up a histogram for this?
    Last edited by Admiral Jedi; 01-05-2009 at 05:55 PM.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  3. 01-06-2009 #3
    SSpdDmon
    SSpdDmon is offline
    Tuner
    Join Date
    Jun 2005
    Location
    Michigan
    Posts
    151
    Can you alter cam timing without piston to valve clearance issues??
    2013 Mustang GT
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  4. 01-06-2009 #4
    Admiral Jedi
    Admiral Jedi is offline
    Tuner
    Join Date
    Dec 2006
    Location
    Spring Hill, Tennessee
    Posts
    53
    Um...I fixed it. I realized I was kinda dumb and made a histogram to help me out.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  5. 01-31-2009 #5
    g_am_er
    g_am_er is offline
    Tuner in Training g_am_er's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2007
    Location
    Grand Island, NE
    Posts
    25
    what did you do? Im having the same problem
    1996 Grand Am GT 2.4l Twin Cam
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  6. 01-31-2009 #6
    Baldturbofreak.com
    Baldturbofreak.com is offline
    Advanced Tuner
    Join Date
    Jul 2007
    Location
    Honeoye,Ny. Boondox son. Shoot guns out my back door. noone cares.
    Posts
    627
    Hopefully you dont have a crankwalk issue.
    Me love boost long time.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  7. 02-01-2009 #7
    Admiral Jedi
    Admiral Jedi is offline
    Tuner
    Join Date
    Dec 2006
    Location
    Spring Hill, Tennessee
    Posts
    53
    Quote Originally Posted by g_am_er View Post
    what did you do? Im having the same problem

    I had someone look at my tables, and he told me they were choppy. They weren't smooth at all because I wasn't using the smooth button when changing my ve tables. Some dumb on my part, but all is well now.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  8. 02-03-2009 #8
    blackeco
    blackeco is offline
    Tuner in Training
    Join Date
    Mar 2006
    Location
    Oxford, Ohio
    Posts
    43
    Quote Originally Posted by Admiral Jedi View Post
    I had someone look at my tables, and he told me they were choppy. They weren't smooth at all because I wasn't using the smooth button when changing my ve tables. Some dumb on my part, but all is well now.
    Why did you start a new thread?
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
« Previous Thread | Next Thread »