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<table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" width="99%" align="center"> <tr bgcolor="#000000"><td> <table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0"> <tr bgcolor="#000099"> <td colspan="2" align="left"> <font size="2" color="#ffffff" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>T O P I C R E V I E W</b> </font></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dedfdf"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>87_ssp</b> <br /><small>Member # 11152</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2015,3,6,13,51,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> So I finally got my car to turn on and drive for the most part but I keep having idling issues I've i switched out iac ,tps and have done the idle reset plenty of times it will fix the idle but when I got and hit the gas it will go crazy again . So I was researching and people say that when they keep getting those problems it's beacuse it needs a tune . The car is a 302 , Holley heads , holley intake 1" spacer , 75mm tb , #42 injectors and c&l maf & a vortech v1 . Do you guys think the tune will help ? <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f7f7f7"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>CornOil_&_Boost</b> <br /><small>Member # 5888</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2015,3,6,14,16,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> Not necessarily especially with that combo. it is very simple and doesnt need a tune a tune to idle. you are having another issue if the idle is going crazy like that. it would be worth more to pay a professional to get that issue fixed first instead of a tune....<br /><br />Here is my old coupe...stock computer / BTM with bigger heads and cam than yours<br /><br /> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U4XDUFArEE" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U4XDUFArEE</a> <br /><br />idled and ran just fine<br /> <br /> <small>[ 2015-04-06, 02:17 PM: Message edited by: CornOil_&_Boost ]</small> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dedfdf"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>87_ssp</b> <br /><small>Member # 11152</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2015,3,6,14,32,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by CornOil_&_Boost:<br /><strong> Not necessarily especially with that combo. it is very simple and doesnt need a tune a tune to idle. you are having another issue if the idle is going crazy like that. it would be worth more to pay a professional to get that issue fixed first instead of a tune.. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">That's another thing I read before too that i don't really need a tune to run good . But that may have to be an option . <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f7f7f7"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>92_5.0</b> <br /><small>Member # 7624</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2015,3,6,19,5,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> A tune did not fix my idle surge..I've had my car tuned by 3 different places and still didn't go away. No vacuum leaks etc. no issues. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dedfdf"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>87_ssp</b> <br /><small>Member # 11152</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2015,3,6,19,16,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by 92_5.0:<br /><strong> A tune did not fix my idle surge..I've had my car tuned by 3 different places and still didn't go away. No vacuum leaks etc. no issues. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">That's kinda trippin me out now. I don't wanna take it to a shop and they can't get it right and is still have to pay that's kinda what's holding me back from going the "professional" shop way. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f7f7f7"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>theconductor</b> <br /><small>Member # 13458</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2015,3,6,21,3,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> Personally, I wouldn't feel safe running a blown car without a tune. <br /><br />As far as the idle goes, if the tune doesn't help....<br /><br /><a href="http://www.stangnet.com/mustang-forums/threads/help-me-create-the-surging-idle-checklist.698148/" target="_blank">http://www.stangnet.com/mustang-forums/threads/help-me-create-the-surging-idle-checklist.698148/</a> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dedfdf"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>CornOil_&_Boost</b> <br /><small>Member # 5888</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2015,3,6,22,32,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by 87_ssp:<br /><strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by 92_5.0:<br /><strong> A tune did not fix my idle surge..I've had my car tuned by 3 different places and still didn't go away. No vacuum leaks etc. no issues. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">That's kinda trippin me out now. I don't wanna take it to a shop and they can't get it right and is still have to pay that's kinda what's holding me back from going the "professional" shop way. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">there could be 100s of things causing the idle surge that may not even be concerned with vacuum etc...bad EGR, stuck Bypass....<br /><br />in any case...the idle can and SHOULD be fixed...<br /><br />done dozens of these combos with friends and like 25% of the time, there comes and idle surge issue...unfortunately, you might have to start throwing small parts at it to figure it out.. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f7f7f7"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>JohnB</b> <br /><small>Member # 969</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2015,3,7,5,50,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> Are you running a bleed/adjustment plate on the IAC? This handles the idle issue nearly every time. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dedfdf"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>92_5.0</b> <br /><small>Member # 7624</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2015,3,7,10,5,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by JohnB:<br /><strong> Are you running a bleed/adjustment plate on the IAC? This handles the idle issue nearly every time. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Can you elaborate a bit? I'm interested and never heard about a bleed/adjustment plate, thanks. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f7f7f7"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>hidnn0s</b> <br /><small>Member # 13845</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2015,3,7,10,10,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by 92_5.0:<br /><strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by JohnB:<br /><strong> Are you running a bleed/adjustment plate on the IAC? This handles the idle issue nearly every time. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Can you elaborate a bit? I'm interested and never heard about a bleed/adjustment plate, thanks. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Call Ford, ask for just that. They used to stock them <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dedfdf"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>87_ssp</b> <br /><small>Member # 11152</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2015,3,7,13,18,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by JohnB:<br /><strong> Are you running a bleed/adjustment plate on the IAC? This handles the idle issue nearly every time. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Are you talking about the iac spacer? I had one on already but I took it off it made the car act less crazy.. But it could have not been adjusted properly <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f7f7f7"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>Blind</b> <br /><small>Member # 3052</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2015,3,7,15,49,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> my car wouldn't idle at all until I got one of the IAC adjuster plates and got it setup right.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.latemodelrestoration.com/item/LRS-9939A/1986-93-Mustang-50L-58L-Idle-Air-Control-Iac-Adjuster" target="_blank">http://www.latemodelrestoration.com/item/LRS-9939A/1986-93-Mustang-50L-58L-Idle-Air-Control-Iac-Adjuster</a> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dedfdf"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>92_5.0</b> <br /><small>Member # 7624</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2015,3,8,8,53,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by 87_ssp:<br /><strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by JohnB:<br /><strong> Are you running a bleed/adjustment plate on the IAC? This handles the idle issue nearly every time. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Are you talking about the iac spacer? I had one on already but I took it off it made the car act less crazy.. But it could have not been adjusted properly </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">oh crap now I remember, yes I do have one of those (if that's what hes talking about) and no, it did not help. <br /> </font> </td></tr> </table></td></tr></table> <br /> <br />
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