OK, installed Gude camshaft, now have idle problems...........

[NJ1989si]

wow, wasnt expecting this, I finally had my Gude camshaft installed along with cam gears and pulley and now it wont idle properly. If I start the car, it will idle but once I rev it and let it drop to idle, it will stall. I`m not an expert with the Apexi S-AFC I have but if someone knows hot to set or adjust it properly, please let me know.

[BullShifter]

did you check the timing?

[RedRacerCivic]

Originally posted by NJ1989si
wow, wasnt expecting this, I finally had my Gude camshaft installed along with cam gears and pulley and now it wont idle properly. If I start the car, it will idle but once I rev it and let it drop to idle, it will stall. I`m not an expert with the Apexi S-AFC I have but if someone knows hot to set or adjust it properly, please let me know.

Thats your problem, you have a aftermarket pulley, its prolly a lightweight one, those tend to make your idle crappy.

[NJ1989si]

I`m going to go have to have this thing tuned somewhere this week, never stop spending money till my project is done, should be atleast another $300 to have it tuned now.

I was reading up on the Apexi S-AFC and maybe I should change the trottle from 10% to 0% for low rev. I`ll try that then take it to Hackensack to get it tuned.

[sastanley]

Aftermarket cams almost always make idles lumpy, and the pulley you removed is a harmonic balancer...that lightweight pulley doesn't have any rotating inertia to help matters (like redracercivic said)

Tuning the thing sounds like a good idea!! - let us know how it goes!!!