Got the cam in this weekend!!!
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Got the cam in this weekend!!! Oh man does that job suck....$1000 labor is what most shops charge and I'll tell you what..it is worth every penny of that.
Anyway, Thanks Matt, Chris, and Mike...
Mike I got the valve springs done about 1/2 hour I got off the phone with you....
Well, I had to raise the idle screw up 4 full turns(all the way up) so when it is in Park or Neutral it is idling at 2grand...but when it is in gear and I am sitting at a stoplight it idles about 950....I know I need to get this thing tuned I just don't have the money right away. If anyone has HP Tuners that can help me out for the time being so I can get this thing to idle better I would really appreciate it.
So for everyone who has asked the question.."Can I do a big cam with a stock converter?" The answer is yes you can....
Holy **** does this thing make power and it sounds like a beast.....it gets really squirrely at a 30 mph roll when you punch it.
Anyway, Thanks Matt, Chris, and Mike...
Mike I got the valve springs done about 1/2 hour I got off the phone with you....
Well, I had to raise the idle screw up 4 full turns(all the way up) so when it is in Park or Neutral it is idling at 2grand...but when it is in gear and I am sitting at a stoplight it idles about 950....I know I need to get this thing tuned I just don't have the money right away. If anyone has HP Tuners that can help me out for the time being so I can get this thing to idle better I would really appreciate it.
So for everyone who has asked the question.."Can I do a big cam with a stock converter?" The answer is yes you can....
Holy **** does this thing make power and it sounds like a beast.....it gets really squirrely at a 30 mph roll when you punch it.
Last edited by SgtB; Aug 8, 2005 at 11:05 AM.
if you want any tuning help, we should get together one of these days. i'm moving to california at the end of the month so i don't have too much time, but i'd love to take a crack at it, as i have some new idling tricks/tools i'd like to try out
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Originally Posted by RedHardSupra
if you want any tuning help, we should get together one of these days. i'm moving to california at the end of the month so i don't have too much time, but i'd love to take a crack at it, as i have some new idling tricks/tools i'd like to try out
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Originally Posted by gettinthere
2000 rpm idle?! Jeez. Glad to see you're enjoying it though.
[QUOTE=SgtB]Oh man does that job suck....$1000 labor is what most shops charge and I'll tell you what..it is worth every penny of that.
Anyway, Thanks Matt, Chris, and Mike...
Mike I got the valve springs done about 1/2 hour I got off the phone with you....
Well, I had to raise the idle screw up 4 full turns(all the way up)
Damn what the hell were they going to do for a grand? Hope that includes parts. As for the idle you said you turned it four turns in,that seems like a lot.When i did chis cam i turned it maybe one turn but i reset the tps so it doesn't dump fuel.Did you reset your tps after you raised your idle?That might help you get your idle lower in park.
Anyway, Thanks Matt, Chris, and Mike...
Mike I got the valve springs done about 1/2 hour I got off the phone with you....
Well, I had to raise the idle screw up 4 full turns(all the way up)
Damn what the hell were they going to do for a grand? Hope that includes parts. As for the idle you said you turned it four turns in,that seems like a lot.When i did chis cam i turned it maybe one turn but i reset the tps so it doesn't dump fuel.Did you reset your tps after you raised your idle?That might help you get your idle lower in park.
damn a 1,000 for the install, that is outragous. I paid a shop to do mine, because I didn't have the time and was inpatient. And the shop that did mine even took my heads of, when they did the install and I paid $625.00
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Only in park and neutral..at a stop light its was at 850 this morning but its slowly getting lower now that the computer is learning the cam.
Before I got mine tuned it would go from 750-1400. I know how it goes.
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Nice... Did you change the oil after doing the swap?
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Damn what the hell were they going to do for a grand? Hope that includes parts. As for the idle you said you turned it four turns in,that seems like a lot.When i did chis cam i turned it maybe one turn but i reset the tps so it doesn't dump fuel.Did you reset your tps after you raised your idle?That might help you get your idle lower in park.
TPS? I do not know what that is but I wish someone could help me out because I am running pig rich. I get spurts of raw fuel out the tail pipes...
yup! big cams need little air and fuel at idle, that's why people always say to cut 80% off from first 3 columns of the VE table. with too much fuel, the pcm freaks out and changes timing through over- and underspeed, causing surging and hunting. once you adjust your IAC count, get your TPS voltage inline, reset TPS, figure out adjusted values for RAF, get timing down to ~20 at idle, and then of course adjust the idle regions of the VE table, it will idle just fine. you're lucky i got a hpt cable for '01 cars 
I can't wait to hear that thing man! You should get with that Supra guy. It sounds like he knows is shizzle. See if you can find a bin file in the repository for a similar cam and mods to get you by.
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Originally Posted by RedHardSupra
yup! big cams need little air and fuel at idle, that's why people always say to cut 80% off from first 3 columns of the VE table. with too much fuel, the pcm freaks out and changes timing through over- and underspeed, causing surging and hunting. once you adjust your IAC count, get your TPS voltage inline, reset TPS, figure out adjusted values for RAF, get timing down to ~20 at idle, and then of course adjust the idle regions of the VE table, it will idle just fine. you're lucky i got a hpt cable for '01 cars
I will buy the beer.
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I can't wait to hear that thing man! You should get with that Supra guy. It sounds like he knows is shizzle. See if you can find a bin file in the repository for a similar cam and mods to get you by.