Car acting odd after disconnecting battery...
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Car acting odd after disconnecting battery (idle issues)...
To make a long story short, I disconnected my battery terminal while changing my plugs yesterday.. time got away from me and I didn't get around to changing the plugs so I just reconnected the plug wires and battery and started it up to make sure everything was good. This morning I started the car up and it idled fine and warmed up. The problem came when I actually got to drive the car. I made it to about the end of my apartment complex and hit the clutch and the RPM's dropped down below the 1000 it's set at and the car died out. I started it back up, let it idle a little, revved it a little, and it was ok, but when I drove it back down to my garage it had the same issue of the RPM's dropping down to low when I hit the clutch. It would either try to die out or actually die out so I had to feather the gas to keep it alive.
I've never had ANY issues with this car at all so I'm a little stumped... The car has the following mods:
Helix 02 housing
10.5 Hotside
Helix 3" dp
Perrin test pipe w/02 sim
HKS Carbon-Ti catback
HKS 272 cams
HKS racing suction intake
Exedy twin disk clutch
HKS EVC-V ebc
The car has been road tuned for the mods except the 272's and the 10.5 hotside. It did, however, have 264's in the car in the tune. I'm thinking since the ecu was reset that I probably just need to go out and drive it and let the ecu relearn the cams a little (btw, the car is going to get dyno tuned in about 2 weeks after I get my intercooler setup in and on). Does this diagnosis sound right to you guys? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!
I've never had ANY issues with this car at all so I'm a little stumped... The car has the following mods:
Helix 02 housing
10.5 Hotside
Helix 3" dp
Perrin test pipe w/02 sim
HKS Carbon-Ti catback
HKS 272 cams
HKS racing suction intake
Exedy twin disk clutch
HKS EVC-V ebc
The car has been road tuned for the mods except the 272's and the 10.5 hotside. It did, however, have 264's in the car in the tune. I'm thinking since the ecu was reset that I probably just need to go out and drive it and let the ecu relearn the cams a little (btw, the car is going to get dyno tuned in about 2 weeks after I get my intercooler setup in and on). Does this diagnosis sound right to you guys? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!
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If it is the case of the fuel trims, doesn't this also possibly mean his fuel trims are way off? If resetting the battery/ecu causes the car to run like this, I would suspect his fuel trims are off in left field, or maybe I am...
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I wasn't TRYING to reset the ecu lol but that's good to know. I'm gonna let it sit and idle for a while tonight and then take it out (when there's no traffic) and drive it for a while. Thanks for the input though guys.
As for the injectors, I don't think I need to upgrade my injectors yet on stock turbo will I? The car is going to get tuned in about 2 weeks but I'm holding off until my front mount kit comes in from ETS
As for the injectors, I don't think I need to upgrade my injectors yet on stock turbo will I? The car is going to get tuned in about 2 weeks but I'm holding off until my front mount kit comes in from ETS
Last edited by dbotkin5; Jan 23, 2008 at 09:22 AM.