Will this combo at least idle with stock tune?

[ratio411]

1994 GT/AODE

306
Edelbrock heads
1.7 rollers
E-cam
ORP
95 Cobra intake
All smog/EGR removed
24# injectors
9.5:1 compression

We have a custom tune, but we rebuilt the engine with the new heads/cam, so we sent to Bama to be reflashed. It won't be back until sometime next week.

We got the engine in today, and wanted to at least hear it run, so we started it up, and found it won't idle on it's own. I was wondering if that is because we are running the stock tune? If I 'babysit' the throttle, it runs fine, but the longest it ran without me manipulating the throttle was maybe 10 seconds. I figured it might not drive, or even run great, without the tune, but thought it would at least idle on it's own. Just curious what you thought.

 

[revhead347]

Do you happen to know how much vacuum it's pulling at idle?

Kurt

 

[YEAHLOH95]

i would guess you will have to wait i know these cars dont like that cam

 

[ratio411]

Do you happen to know how much vacuum it's pulling at idle?

Kurt

No, didn't check it.
We only ran it about a minute or so.
The car still needs a belt, and I didn't want to overheat it.
It was dusky, getting dark, and the headers were glowing red in about 30 seconds.
That was pretty cool looking.
Probably means it was running lean though.

 

[ratio411]

The chip should be in tonight!
Can't wait.
It sounds mean as heck right now, but we won't know anymore until the tune is in.

 

[ratio411]

Okay, let's see if this works...

Here is the link:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=2657504455023

The video was made with a hellva old phone camera, therefore it is poor quality.

 

[ratio411]

After a brand new thermostat that refused to open, and a slight issue with timing marks, we finally got the car running good today.