Surging/Bucking...the saga continues...
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Surging/Bucking...the saga continues... I am really starting to get pissed. Reduce timing=surging and bucking. Add timing=a little less bucking. I have fuel...and air...WTF!!! Sometimes it goes away, but then sometimes it comes right back. How much timing is safe to run at 1000-1600 rpms without blowing up my engine? The darn thing seems to like timing at low rpms, but I don't want to give the car too much. I would imagine that it is safe to run extra with a cam because of reversion and lower cylinder pressures. Any comments?
i like to drive at like 12-1400 in 6th a lot of times and sometimes its smooth, and sometimes it bucks and surges like a bitch...even in the nice cold weather..i had no idea it was a timing issue..i just thought the cam didnt like it too much...on the other hand..wouldnt that create some knock retard?
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I don't know, but I have heard that the trucks run more timing at low rpms than we do, and they have tighter lobe seperations stock. I think it is timing related. I have messed with everything else already, so I pulled timing and it got worse. This sucks.
