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What makes a TPI motor miss?

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Old Mar 24, 2009 | 06:11 PM
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What makes a TPI motor miss?

I've replace all the spark plug wires, spark plugs cap rotor coil and the engine still has a miss. Any body have any idea's?
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Old Mar 24, 2009 | 06:47 PM
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Re: What makes a TPI motor miss?

Next in line would be fuel injectors. Before I would drop the cash on a new set I would do a compression test on all cylinders to make sure there aren't any other issues.
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Old Mar 24, 2009 | 06:52 PM
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Re: What makes a TPI motor miss?

that is like asking what makes a human being sick.
take it to a dyno and run it there.
if you have a smog station around you can run it on that equipment to see what is off and that might tell you where it is.
if the miss is standard, for the same cylinder you will get an idea where to look.
if it is not the same cylinder maybe you have a short in a wire that jumps to ground - but not with a standard timing.
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Old Mar 24, 2009 | 07:06 PM
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Re: What makes a TPI motor miss?

The really dyno isn't going to tell you more than you already know. You know it misses, it might tell you that you are lean or rich but that's about it. Start with the basics. Compression test, if everything check out good I would start looking at the injectors. How bad is the miss? Do you have any vacuum leaks? What is the fuel pressure? Look at the easy stuff first. I would hate to see you spend money on dyno tests and whatever else and still not know any more then you do already.
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Old Mar 25, 2009 | 07:51 PM
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Car: 85 IROCZ
Engine: 350 TPI with a fast EZ efi
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Re: What makes a TPI motor miss?

Well the miss comes and goes. I have a adjustable regulator and it set at 50lbs, new 19lb injectors. No vacuum leaks I plug up all the vac ports. I think the next thing I'm going to do is a leakage test on the cyl's.
The car does have a hypertech chip in th ecm.
85 iroc 305 58MM throttle body 87 MSD distrubtor (small cap)external coil
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Old Mar 25, 2009 | 07:59 PM
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Re: What makes a TPI motor miss?

Your chip might be off and causing some of your issues. Is it set up for the larger throttlebody and higher fuel pressure?
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Old Mar 26, 2009 | 12:52 AM
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Re: What makes a TPI motor miss?

When does the miss occur? Idle? Cruise? Acceleration? WOT? Gotta give us more info.
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