What Is Lope? - Third Generation F-Body Message Boards

blue86z28 · 04-30-2003, 02:41 PM

I keep hearing this word but don't really know what it means...i have the summit tpi cam. When my car is idling the rpms go up and down, is that lope?

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Ed Maher · 04-30-2003, 06:51 PM

lope is a sound. Wandering idle may or may not be associated with lope. It's possible to idle pretty smoothly and still have a lope. Likewise, it's possible to have a totally unstable idle with a peanut cam with no real lope at all that just sounds like hell.

I just did a quick check of the sounds section here, and this one has a decent lope once he gets it to idle. The last few seconds where it's just chugging along is a classic lope sound.

http://www.thirdgen.org/newdesign/so...agga/nagga.mp3

Ed Maher · 04-30-2003, 06:54 PM

http://www.transamws6.com/video/ZepherWS6.mpg

That video takes a while too load, but it's also a good example of a lopey idle.

BTW, neither example is a good example of a well tuned cammed car.