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Old Mar 30, 2002 | 08:19 AM
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Default Coverter lockup prob solved!!!!

ok thanks to all that helped with advice on this one...

i turned off the misfire detection and changed my misfire temps to 140max and 139min

i drove around 200 miles last night, and not oneeee unlocking issue from 45-60 <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />

thank gawd for LS1 EDIT!!!
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Old Mar 30, 2002 | 08:43 AM
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Congrats!! I just got my pcm back from Speartech with the same mod done on my 2001 pcm and this definately cured my lockup problems as well.
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Old Mar 30, 2002 | 09:20 AM
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Well, sir, you are welcome!

I am glad it worked.

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Old Mar 30, 2002 | 10:04 AM
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Ryan Karasek:
<strong>Well, sir, you are welcome!

I am glad it worked.

Ryan <img border="0" alt="[Fluffy]" title="" src="graemlins/fluffy.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">HAHAA thanks alot Ryan.. now i can drive the car and relax now <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> well untill i put foot in it <img border="0" alt="[guns]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_guns.gif" />
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Old Apr 1, 2002 | 09:43 AM
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HD:

Glad your problem is solved, but with a stock cam why are you having so many misfires...Maybe its time for new plugs? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="gr_tounge.gif" />
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Old Apr 1, 2002 | 06:38 PM
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Default Re: Coverter lockup prob solved!!!!

the plugs are in awesome shape... pulled 2 from each side and they look new...
and they only have 2500miles on them... i already have a new set waiting to go in.. when i get bored ill slap them in..
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Old Apr 1, 2002 | 08:42 PM
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Default Re: Coverter lockup prob solved!!!!

What are the symptoms of a lockup problem?
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Old Apr 2, 2002 | 07:22 AM
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Ragtop 99:
<strong>HD:

Glad your problem is solved, but with a stock cam why are you having so many misfires...Maybe its time for new plugs? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="gr_tounge.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Been following these threads quite closely,& I asked that same question a while back.From what I was told, the answer is that it's sensing false misfire of sorts when a lighter weight converter is swapped in place of the much heavier stock one.It's lessening the flywheel effect ( and therefore smoothing effect) of the heavy converter.With the lighter converter ,even the slightest deviation from a perfectly smooth running engine is picked up & shown as a misfire.This is sometimes made even worse by a lightweight pulley also.
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Congrats bro. It feels soo much better now huh. I was on cloud nine. LOL
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Old Apr 2, 2002 | 08:28 AM
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Default Re: Coverter lockup prob solved!!!!

the symptoms are when your going say 45-60 and all of a sudden the car feels like it slips into 3rd outta OD. Thats when the converter unlocked, then 2 mins after the converter would lock back up(feels like OD)

but man, does it ever feel so much better to drive now <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
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