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i think he said he hit 11.97 in it when i picked it up from him, but i was pretty much driving the car out of his garage when i asked him lol
car runs really well except for that cold start thing, especailly for being his drag car lol. i dont know what the deal is with the idle or what it could be. im thinking maybe the valve springs are overtightened and when they are cold they hold the valves closed for longer than they should be, does that make sense?. (when cold started especially when its cold outside ill have to hold the pedal and give the car a quarter throttle to keep from dying for about thirty seconds and then the car is just fine)
car runs really well except for that cold start thing, especailly for being his drag car lol. i dont know what the deal is with the idle or what it could be. im thinking maybe the valve springs are overtightened and when they are cold they hold the valves closed for longer than they should be, does that make sense?. (when cold started especially when its cold outside ill have to hold the pedal and give the car a quarter throttle to keep from dying for about thirty seconds and then the car is just fine)
Last edited by chrysler kid; Jan 18, 2008 at 08:43 AM.
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From: Austin, TX
i think he said he hit 11.97 in it when i picked it up from him, but i was pretty much driving the car out of his garage when i asked him lol
car runs really well except for that cold start thing, especailly for being his drag car lol. i dont know what the deal is with the idle or what it could be. im thinking maybe the valve springs are overtightened and when they are cold they hold the valves closed for longer than they should be, does that make sense?. (when cold started especially when its cold outside ill have to hold the pedal and give the car a quarter throttle to keep from dying for about thirty seconds and then the car is just fine)
car runs really well except for that cold start thing, especailly for being his drag car lol. i dont know what the deal is with the idle or what it could be. im thinking maybe the valve springs are overtightened and when they are cold they hold the valves closed for longer than they should be, does that make sense?. (when cold started especially when its cold outside ill have to hold the pedal and give the car a quarter throttle to keep from dying for about thirty seconds and then the car is just fine)
) with the intake iced and cooled off for 30 minutes. If I were to drive it [I'm 170lb's] (and if I could launch it like he could) it would be in the 11's (with a 12.07 all you need is 70 or so pounds of weight off the car to break 11's).Not sure about the cold start. Sounds like a tuning issue. Maybe you need a VE/SD tune. Take it it to a tuner and see what they say.
iceman
Good looking car. The stance is perfect. Get rid of the Space station antenna. Just take a grinder and cut it off to about 1ft and you will get the same reception as stock height. Then spray it with some spray paint.
hell of a steal right there...dont overlooke the IAC valve either for the cold start and idle issues....i overlooked it when i cammed mine and thought it was a bad tune...just a suggestion
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Verdad Gallardo It's definitely not the IAC valve. SQR thought the same, so we put a new IAC in. Even tried a different tb from one of the shop owners cars. They had the car for about 3 weeks trying to fix the cold start, no dice.
