Skunk2 Users!! Idle? Cams! HELP! Look inside!
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Skunk2 Users!! Idle? Cams! HELP! Look inside!
You can see what kind of car and mods I have in my sig.
My idle is kind've ruff. Sometimes, the motor even dies at a stop sign or a stop light. The car shakes when its in idle also. Can someone help?
The cam gears are set at Intake +2 (Skunk2 +4), and Exhaust -1.
Fuel Pressure is at 50psi.
What can be the problem and how can I fix it? Skunk2 Stage 1 cams are suppose to have a smooth idle right? Please help out... Thanks.
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Idle's around 700rpm. Sometimes, it goes really low and dies or shoots up.
When I turn on my car, there's like a little ticking? shaking noise near the cam gears and pulley area. Did a valve adjustment after the Cams/Cam gears insall.
I've seen a couple people with Skunk2 Cams here and was wondering if you guys had a similar problem or not. How can I solve this Idle problem? Please help. Thanks.
My idle is kind've ruff. Sometimes, the motor even dies at a stop sign or a stop light. The car shakes when its in idle also. Can someone help?
The cam gears are set at Intake +2 (Skunk2 +4), and Exhaust -1.
Fuel Pressure is at 50psi.
What can be the problem and how can I fix it? Skunk2 Stage 1 cams are suppose to have a smooth idle right? Please help out... Thanks.
Some more info would be:
Idle's around 700rpm. Sometimes, it goes really low and dies or shoots up.
When I turn on my car, there's like a little ticking? shaking noise near the cam gears and pulley area. Did a valve adjustment after the Cams/Cam gears insall.
I've seen a couple people with Skunk2 Cams here and was wondering if you guys had a similar problem or not. How can I solve this Idle problem? Please help. Thanks.
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Re: Skunk2 Users!! Idle? Cams! HELP! Look inside! (C5_ALLMOTOR)
idle screw first...
is this in a gsr motor? if so what valvetrain are you running..?
and lastly, have you ben tuned, ad do u have a vafc?
is this in a gsr motor? if so what valvetrain are you running..?
and lastly, have you ben tuned, ad do u have a vafc?
Yes I've been tuned for 1 hour and yes I do have a VAFC.
Have any ideas?
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Re: Skunk2 Users!! Idle? Cams! HELP! Look inside! (C5_ALLMOTOR)
turn off the air conditioning, racer f0 life! 
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definately check the fast idle screw. did you reset the ecu after the cam install (don't know if that would have an effect with the V-AFC)? when was the last time you had a valve adjustment (cold)?
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definately check the fast idle screw. did you reset the ecu after the cam install (don't know if that would have an effect with the V-AFC)? when was the last time you had a valve adjustment (cold)?
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Re: Skunk2 Users!! Idle? Cams! HELP! Look inside! (Austin)
What have you adjusted since you went to the dyno?
absolutely Nothing. Yes we did reset the ECU after the cam installation.
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Re: Skunk2 Users!! Idle? Cams! HELP! Look inside! (C5_ALLMOTOR)
play with the idle screw, and the you may be drowning the motor with fuel in low low rpm...causing a stall or shuttering....lean it up a tad, and or loosen the idle screw
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Re: Skunk2 Users!! Idle? Cams! HELP! Look inside! (VTHokie)
play with the idle screw, and the you may be drowning the motor with fuel in low low rpm...causing a stall or shuttering....lean it up a tad, and or loosen the idle screw
Agreed, my toda b's are the same way, i set my vafc to -25 @ 1k rpms (narrow throttle) and the car idles much better. When i have the fan and defrost on, car idles almost like stock. Try and see if leaning that beotch out will help. If i can get my toda b's to idle somewhat normal, im sure you can with those skunks.
Agreed, my toda b's are the same way, i set my vafc to -25 @ 1k rpms (narrow throttle) and the car idles much better. When i have the fan and defrost on, car idles almost like stock. Try and see if leaning that beotch out will help. If i can get my toda b's to idle somewhat normal, im sure you can with those skunks.
What do I need to do to Lean it out and at what rpm? Someone let me know because I don't want to mess up anything.
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