Last night I decided to bump up the timing and see what would happen with a cone filter in place of the airbox. The timing bump went fine I guess, although I was really disappointed to find out that the car was already set to 16deg advanced! No wonder the car felt so strong. It's kind of strange to me that the dealership wouldn't have checked something like that - or if they did, that they would LEAVE or SET it that way. Also kinda surprised that I had no problems on 87 fuel. I set it back to 10 and took it for a drive, and then bumped it back up to 18 degrees. Ran fine.
ANYWAY, I wrestled around with the airbox for a while, finally got that off, and then wrestled even more with an adapter and cone filter I had sitting around. Apparently rubber doesn't like to move or stretch in 45degree weather... FINALLY got that on and took it for a drive, but every time I pushed in the clutch while coming to a stop, the idle would droop, almost stalling, and then correct itself - over and over and over. I got back to the house and parked it, just sitting in neutral watching the rpms, and it kept doing this the whole time, although by the time I turned it off, it wasn't near as bad as earlier. It still wasn't idling smoothly though.
Any ideas? Can I simply fix this by jumping Gnd and Ten and adjusting the screw on the TB?
ANYWAY, I wrestled around with the airbox for a while, finally got that off, and then wrestled even more with an adapter and cone filter I had sitting around. Apparently rubber doesn't like to move or stretch in 45degree weather... FINALLY got that on and took it for a drive, but every time I pushed in the clutch while coming to a stop, the idle would droop, almost stalling, and then correct itself - over and over and over. I got back to the house and parked it, just sitting in neutral watching the rpms, and it kept doing this the whole time, although by the time I turned it off, it wasn't near as bad as earlier. It still wasn't idling smoothly though.
Any ideas? Can I simply fix this by jumping Gnd and Ten and adjusting the screw on the TB?
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