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Old Jan 14, 2007 | 09:26 PM
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Question A Few Problems Do They Sound Like Tuning Problems

I Have A 99 Transam 6 Speed And I Am Having 2 Promlems Do They Sound Related
#1 After About 10 - 15 Min Of Driving While Sitting At Red Light The Car Randomley Back Fires
#2 When Stoped My Car Shoots Up To About 2k Rpm After A Few Sec(30-45) It Drop Back Down To Normal Idle
I Have A Comp Cam 581-588 Patrot Dual Valve Springs Comp Push Rods (stock Length) Slp Oil Pump Slp Timing Chain Slp Long Tube Header No Cats Magnaflow Cat Back Ngk Plugs Crane Fire Wire Wires Knn Fipk Intake Kit Hp Tuner Dyno Tune

I Dont Know If The Problem I Am Having With The Reving Is Due To A Bad Clutch
I Have New O2 Sensors And Plugs And Wire Being Put On When I Do My Clutch In A Few Weeks
Car Only Have About 500 Mile Sence Cam And Tune Been Done
Any Help Will Be Good
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Old Jan 14, 2007 | 10:18 PM
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likely tuning (for #2 at least) ...

for #1 I would check plugs/wires (could be related to #2, but usually RPM surge w/a mid to big cam is caused by the tune)
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