Suggestions to help with idle using a ford e cam

[topless95]

Well my HCI is done and she sounds great. I am running 14 degrees BTDC on a stock bottom end, ford racing x303 heads, e cam, and performer intake. Once I got the timing set I went to run over to a friends house and half way there when I would push the clutch in the engine would die. Once there we reset the idle and it was purring like a sewing machine. When I went to leave it did it again, so I bumper the idle up to 900 rpms and made it home with out any problems. Do you guys have any suggestions to get my idle right(750 rpms)????

ps I checked all of my vac lines and they are in good shape.

 

[OnyxCobra]

It's quite possible you won't be able to get your idle that stable without a tune. I'd say drive the car for a while and let it learn the setup a little bit and see how it's acting. I remember after doing mine it got a lot better with just some driving.

 

[topless95]

I have to call and find out when Tony at HP performance has an opening, his shop is about 6-8 miles from my house.

Oh and I forgot to mention that I have eliminated the egr valve and plugged it's vac line

 

[LAFENATU]

I usually keep my idle a little higher with H/C/I setups.

Mine is around 900 regularly.

 

[OnyxCobra]

Do you have a tune turning off the EGR? Just blocking that off is supposed to throw a CEL.

 

[ram360]

did you reset your base idle or just turn the screw? Car should idle just fine w/ that cam. I had a b cammed motor and everyone always said "that car will never idle right blah blah blah..." That car would idle 700 all day long never miss a beat.

 

[topless95]

I just had it dyno tuned and she runs like a top

 

[MustangChris]

did they tell you what the problem was? im still curious... lol

 

[ram360]

I just had it dyno tuned and she runs like a top

yea, but you just said your idle is high...shouldn't be

 

[topless95]

not now, she is idling at 800 rpm's, egr light is off, an she is very drivable!!

 

[OnyxCobra]

Good news man, tunes work wonders.

 

[95-stang]

did they tell you what the problem was? im still curious... lol

Me too.

 

[ram360]

not now, she is idling at 800 rpm's, egr light is off, an she is very drivable!!

good deal

 

[95-stang]

So its a secret then is it?

 

[topless95]

He changed the idle in the computer

 

[OnyxCobra]

Yeah just read the posts, he said he got it dyno tuned.

 

[1quk50]

what kinda tuner did you use? or did he just flash the computer?

 

[topless95]

Not sure to be honest, he connected his laptop to my computer and placed the chip in another device to burn the final program

 

[1quk50]

did you already have a chip in it? and what brand im looking at a sct chip

 

[95-stang]

"Not sure to be honest, he connected his laptop to my computer and placed the chip in another device to burn the final program"

Ah ok, i just wondered if he had messed with the idle stop and air screw or any other miracle cure.