New-to-me 1989 LX with all of the normal goodies. Unknown aluminum heads with roller rockers (or so I'm told, I haven't removed the valve covers myself, yet), unknown cam with a nice chop, Edelbrock Performer intake, BBK 70mm throttle body, K&N filter in stock airbox, BBK shorty headers, H-pipe, unknown mufflers (all 2.5"), 4.10 gears.
The car was off the road for 4 or 5 years until just before I got it. The place I bought it from installed new coil, distributor, wires and plugs.
I've really only put about 100-150 miles on it so far.
I recently did all the base idle reset stuff. Checked TPS voltage and it was within specs. Set timing to 14*. I currently have the idle set at ~850 RPM. I also topped off the old gas with 11+ gallons of 93 octane. All of that seemed to help a little bit.
I am experiencing a couple if issues that may or may not be related. I posted in another thread about having difficulty finding 2nd gear, but ONLY when downshifting. Going up through the gears is smooth as butter. Never grinds or pops out of gear. But, when coming down from 5th to 4th to 3rd to ....where is second? It doesn't grind, I just can't find it. The car has a quadrant and firewall adjuster. I will soon determine if the cable is adjustable or not, and install a Hurst shifter. I plan on a full clutch and shifter adjustment soon.
I've driven cars with bad synchros or gears and this doesn't feel like that.
That leads me to the stalling. When coasting or trying to find that 2nd gear, the car will often stall. It doesn't stall every time, but enough to make it an issue. It fires right back up, but it's super annoying.
The idle doesn't surge or anything. It's pretty steady, I think. I have not done any testing for vacuum leaks. I have not cleaned the MAF.
I thought maybe the clutch not fully disengaging might be causing it to stall, but it will sometimes stall when coasting or between other gears. Always when coasting or coming down from higher RPM's. Am I making sense?
One other thing: If I'm reading the tag right, the car was originally an automatic and is now a 5 speed. I do not know what computer is in it yet.
The car was off the road for 4 or 5 years until just before I got it. The place I bought it from installed new coil, distributor, wires and plugs.
I've really only put about 100-150 miles on it so far.
I recently did all the base idle reset stuff. Checked TPS voltage and it was within specs. Set timing to 14*. I currently have the idle set at ~850 RPM. I also topped off the old gas with 11+ gallons of 93 octane. All of that seemed to help a little bit.
I am experiencing a couple if issues that may or may not be related. I posted in another thread about having difficulty finding 2nd gear, but ONLY when downshifting. Going up through the gears is smooth as butter. Never grinds or pops out of gear. But, when coming down from 5th to 4th to 3rd to ....where is second? It doesn't grind, I just can't find it. The car has a quadrant and firewall adjuster. I will soon determine if the cable is adjustable or not, and install a Hurst shifter. I plan on a full clutch and shifter adjustment soon.
I've driven cars with bad synchros or gears and this doesn't feel like that.
That leads me to the stalling. When coasting or trying to find that 2nd gear, the car will often stall. It doesn't stall every time, but enough to make it an issue. It fires right back up, but it's super annoying.
The idle doesn't surge or anything. It's pretty steady, I think. I have not done any testing for vacuum leaks. I have not cleaned the MAF.
I thought maybe the clutch not fully disengaging might be causing it to stall, but it will sometimes stall when coasting or between other gears. Always when coasting or coming down from higher RPM's. Am I making sense?
One other thing: If I'm reading the tag right, the car was originally an automatic and is now a 5 speed. I do not know what computer is in it yet.
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