my 1993 2.3 n/a notch-sluggish

[raphate]

ok i recently bought a 1993 notch for 450bux..things cherry...but it seems slugish..like when i press the gas it has no balls what so ever...i kno the a4ld's thats mine..are not the greatest but geezus its a turd...im guessing its the timing? any ideas..how do i change timing..it has no distributer, also the tranny was rebuilt not long ago..b4 i bought it

 

[³à³]

Welcome to turdville with the stock 2.3NA. I pity those with the 5spd like myself and feel down right disturbed for you A4LD users

 

[Lex]

OK. I know I'm a bit over hyped about my recent discovery so I will only be brief. I know everyone bashes the A4LD tranny, and I'm not a huge fan of it either, but I gutted my cataylic converter and got rid of the sluggishness I felt for the last month.

If interested check out "Gutting My Cat Got My Power Back" thread. Like I said I'm a bit over hyped cause it WAS the solution to my problem. This morning I took the highway to work instead of the back roads and I passed a car uphill at about 145kmph . Thats good for a 2.3 N/A.
Last week I couldn't get passed 70kmph on the highway. So it made a huge difference.

 

[raphate]

sounds good..the 2.3 will be coming out due to a 5.0 swap with in 2 months..and 2.3 will be put in a ranger, how do u change the timing?..il try the gutting the cat to

 

[89Stang]

eehh my old 2.3 A4LD combo ran 18.2 several years back...
man I am old man to these here 2.3 boards....

 

[i4power]

I don't think that you can change the timing on the DIS 2.3's. You'd need a new chip for that.

 

[kiddiccarus]

I don't think that you can change the timing on the DIS 2.3's. You'd need a new chip for that.

I can change the timing on my DIS 2.3L it goes from slow to stop fairly regularly.

If you want some quick cheap speed from a 2.3L N/A run from the garage to the house

 

[G-90]

My DIS ranger had the timing pill on the firewall for EEC timing advance. Just a thought, check if the pill is still in.

I got my 90 Notch (A4LD) cheap for a turbo swap.
It was sluggish till I noticed why I got it so cheap.
The pill was missing from down by the distributor.
Plugged one in and zoomzoomzoom!
But it's getting more zoom soon.

 

[mr_woodster]

If you want some quick cheap speed from a 2.3L N/A run from the garage to the house