Dissapointing Results, Need help.
Well it could be the tune... Im here in kc by the way, not to far from you... anyway, I had bad luck with Ion from madz28... I also have the 306 cam. His tune was causing my car to run really rich. it was the overlap from cam, but his tune was really off... I tried to let him know, he wanted me to get a moates setup... 150.00 and he would tell me the changes to make to it myself, when I told him no, that I would just sent it back to him to make the changes he told me it was not his tune, that his tune was pretty much dead on, it was something wrong with my car, so finally I got a dynotune and it was his crappy tune... what a waste of 150.00 bucks....
I will never use his tune, or recommend it, Im sure it works for some guys, but not all cars are the same, and he should have better customer service... chances are it could be your tune, you do need to get on a dyno and get the af readings... if non in topeka, then you can come to kc, I know of about 4 or 5 places....
I will never use his tune, or recommend it, Im sure it works for some guys, but not all cars are the same, and he should have better customer service... chances are it could be your tune, you do need to get on a dyno and get the af readings... if non in topeka, then you can come to kc, I know of about 4 or 5 places....
Well it could be the tune... Im here in kc by the way, not to far from you... anyway, I had bad luck with Ion from madz28... I also have the 306 cam. His tune was causing my car to run really rich. it was the overlap from cam, but his tune was really off... I tried to let him know, he wanted me to get a moates setup... 150.00 and he would tell me the changes to make to it myself, when I told him no, that I would just sent it back to him to make the changes he told me it was not his tune, that his tune was pretty much dead on, it was something wrong with my car, so finally I got a dynotune and it was his crappy tune... what a waste of 150.00 bucks....
I will never use his tune, or recommend it, Im sure it works for some guys, but not all cars are the same, and he should have better customer service... chances are it could be your tune, you do need to get on a dyno and get the af readings... if non in topeka, then you can come to kc, I know of about 4 or 5 places....
I will never use his tune, or recommend it, Im sure it works for some guys, but not all cars are the same, and he should have better customer service... chances are it could be your tune, you do need to get on a dyno and get the af readings... if non in topeka, then you can come to kc, I know of about 4 or 5 places....

Yea I suppose it could be the tune. I am not exactly sure. I would go get a dyno tune but I really really do not have the money. I am not even sure how much a decient one will cost.
From everything I see the obvious possibilities I see are:
1. Make sure you have the right plug and gap
2. Could be o2's. Look on a datalogger or just replace them if you never have.
3. If it is also idleing bad, check for vacuum leaks or misplaced vacuum lines.
4. Your rockers may not be adjusted correctly. (This was my problem when I fouled out 3 sets of new plugs after a cam swap)
5. It COULD be the tune, but I highly doubt it would cause this much of a problem
From my experiences, I would say its an exhaust leak, bad o2 or the valve adjustment.
Good luck and don't forget to update us on what fixes the problem!
1. Make sure you have the right plug and gap
2. Could be o2's. Look on a datalogger or just replace them if you never have.
3. If it is also idleing bad, check for vacuum leaks or misplaced vacuum lines.
4. Your rockers may not be adjusted correctly. (This was my problem when I fouled out 3 sets of new plugs after a cam swap)
5. It COULD be the tune, but I highly doubt it would cause this much of a problem
From my experiences, I would say its an exhaust leak, bad o2 or the valve adjustment.
Good luck and don't forget to update us on what fixes the problem!
One thing I did forget to mention (not sure if it important or not), ever since I got the engine in. When you first start it up in the morning you have to pump the gas a little bit and keep it reved up for a couple min. before it will idle on its own. Sorta like a carb'd car would. Not exactly sure what the cause of that is but could it be part of this?
One thing I did forget to mention (not sure if it important or not), ever since I got the engine in. When you first start it up in the morning you have to pump the gas a little bit and keep it reved up for a couple min. before it will idle on its own. Sorta like a carb'd car would. Not exactly sure what the cause of that is but could it be part of this?
I hate trying to diagnose these problems because there are so many things which COULD be the problem but probably are not.
yea, sad to say my throttle body is still stock. I prolly need a bit bigger one but def. do not have the money right now. I am going to put it on the scanner hopefully tomarrow and see if I can get a print out or somthing of what it says.
otherwise, call me at 2 ish and i can put it on the one at whiteys
No offense, but I'd look a little closer to home and practice your driving than wonder what's under the hood. If your clutch was slipping, its one thing, spinning the tires is preventable and you can easier cut ½ to 3/4th of a second off your time just in how the car is driven.


