advanced timing.. now it won't idle. why?
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advanced timing.. now it won't idle. why?
I had the timing set at 0 degrees (the car had been off the road since october, and the distributor had been out of the car) I ran it for about a week like this. Today I decided to advance it. I went through the normal procuedure, unplugged the EST spark connector, jumpered the ALDL, and advanced it to around 8 degrees. I go to start the car, and the idle quality is poor, and when I put it in gear it stalls out. What's the problem here? I had always had that advancing timing tends to smooth out an idle, not roughen it.
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91 Trans Am WS6
Bright White
5.0 TPI auto
Flowmaster 3" 2 chamber catback
Trans Go shiftkit
2000 stall converter
ported TPI setup
Built on Wednesday
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91 Trans Am WS6
Bright White
5.0 TPI auto
Flowmaster 3" 2 chamber catback
Trans Go shiftkit
2000 stall converter
ported TPI setup
Built on Wednesday
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Upside down ?!?
Make you knocked the IAC connector loose when you were fooling around with the distributor. Are you sure you plugged the EST connector back in ? If none of this helps go through the IAC reset procedure listed in tech articles on this site.
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92 Z28 5.7
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Trick Flow 23° heads, Comp Cams XR270HR-10 cam, Accel intake base + ported TPI,
TES headers, Flowmaster catback, MSD ignition, #24 SVO injectors, 1LE aluminum driveshaft.
Click here to see pics of my car !
Make you knocked the IAC connector loose when you were fooling around with the distributor. Are you sure you plugged the EST connector back in ? If none of this helps go through the IAC reset procedure listed in tech articles on this site.
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92 Z28 5.7
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Trick Flow 23° heads, Comp Cams XR270HR-10 cam, Accel intake base + ported TPI,
TES headers, Flowmaster catback, MSD ignition, #24 SVO injectors, 1LE aluminum driveshaft.
Click here to see pics of my car !
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