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Old Jul 1, 2009 | 03:50 PM
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Kelford 272s

Fellow Kelford 272 owners, i'm having a situation where since i've installed these cams, i have had all sorts of issues to keep my car from stalling while @ idle.

I'd like to know if anybody on Stock ECU is sharing the same problem?

I'm about to make the drastic decision to go AEM just b/c i know that with AEM u can have JUN cams and the AEM will put those cams on a leash while @ idle.
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Old Jul 1, 2009 | 03:52 PM
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kelfords are one of the hardest cams to tune for idle, my idle is good sometimes and it seems at different times and it can get a little crazy.
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Old Jul 1, 2009 | 03:52 PM
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have you tried rasing your idle?
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Old Jul 1, 2009 | 03:53 PM
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Do you guys have an 8 or a 9?
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Old Jul 1, 2009 | 03:54 PM
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I've got settings you can use to make them tame at idle. My car also died before I adjusted things.

First off, have you already made adjustments to anything?
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Old Jul 1, 2009 | 03:54 PM
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i have a ix
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Old Jul 1, 2009 | 03:57 PM
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I've got settings you can use to make them tame at idle. My car also died before I adjusted things.

First off, have you already made adjustments to anything?
yes i have been tuned by 2 great tuners down here in South Florida, but wanted to know if i was the only 1 having this serious problem or not.

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kelfords are one of the hardest cams to tune for idle, my idle is good sometimes and it seems at different times and it can get a little crazy.
Correct it idles 100%, 1 minute then the next dies down to 500 rpm then the car makes the decision of either dying or flying up to 2000k rpms
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Old Jul 1, 2009 | 04:08 PM
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mine is kinda fussy sometimes too.
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Old Jul 1, 2009 | 04:10 PM
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- Timing at idle 9 degrees from 0-40 load and 0-1000 RPM
- Set and rescale your idle tables like I've done.

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Old Jul 1, 2009 | 04:15 PM
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do that, my car runs mint with the 280s. no stalling at all.
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Old Jul 1, 2009 | 04:24 PM
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Also, there are a lot more ISCV tables that were recently discovered for the stock ECU. Not to mention you can also run SD with the stock ECU if you think it's maf based.
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Old Jul 1, 2009 | 04:31 PM
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Keep working at it. Getting is a good idle with Kelfords and the stock ECU is not that hard to get.
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Old Jul 1, 2009 | 04:56 PM
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well especially with A/C ON is horrible
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Old Jul 1, 2009 | 05:00 PM
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Mine idles a bit rough, but I've never had a stalling issue with it. Then again, I could easily have it tuned out... but I prefer the lope
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Old Jul 1, 2009 | 06:31 PM
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Originally Posted by bboypuertoroc
Mine idles a bit rough, but I've never had a stalling issue with it. Then again, I could easily have it tuned out... but I prefer the lope
Hmm Mellon Tuning seems to have these cams on lockdown
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