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check this out car idles like it has a real lumpy cam but its stock why??

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Old Aug 21, 2001 | 08:47 PM
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check this out car idles like it has a real lumpy cam but its stock why??

just sounds like it is lumping but when u give it gas it idles back up.. so what is going on? just started doing it today.. thanks for any help

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Old Aug 21, 2001 | 09:31 PM
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From: san antonio tx usa
Car: 84z28
Engine: chevy 388
Transmission: 700r4
might be running rich it was a trick i did
with the 9th injector whin i had one made
my car sound lumpy
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Old Aug 22, 2001 | 11:12 AM
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Car: 1987 IROC-Z
Engine: 383 HSR, AFR 190
Transmission: T56
I had a similar problem with my car and it was the MAF that was the problem, one of the hook that hold the wire inside it was broken and somehow it made my engine sound like I had a lumpy cam. And the ECM never registered any code ??????

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