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 Post subject: Just did tickford engine swap, now it wont stop hunting
Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 7:43 pm 
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hey guys, just swaped out the old engine for a el tickford engine, everything went fine apparantly, installed the j3 chip, and it runs. but the hunting on it is terrible! it will drop to around 600rpm then jump up to 1000rpm constantly.. we cleaned out the isc and even put a different one on but it still hunts, and also sometimes when it drops revs it sounds like its back firing a little bit, kind of like a loud exhaust knock kinda thing.. bit hard to explain. and one have any suggestions as to what i can do?
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 Post subject: Re: Just did tickford engine swap, now it wont stop hunting
Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 7:53 pm 
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what does it do without the J3 in? could be a bad tune?

 

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 Post subject: Re: Just did tickford engine swap, now it wont stop hunting
Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 7:54 pm 
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i havnt tried that yet. would it be ok starting a tickford engine with a gli ecu?
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Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 7:56 pm 
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also if your ignition timing is to far advanced or retarded it can cause it to hunt..
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 Post subject: Re: Just did tickford engine swap, now it wont stop hunting
Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 7:57 pm 
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as far as the timing goes.. i have read some post about it, but im not sure what i meant to be touching/adjusting?
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 Post subject: Re: Just did tickford engine swap, now it wont stop hunting
Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 8:05 pm 
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just started it without the J3 in and it was the same, if not a little worse, and there was a clicking noise coming from the dash, like relays were turning on and off kinda thing without the chip.
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 Post subject: Re: Just did tickford engine swap, now it wont stop hunting
Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 8:05 pm 
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its an el???
it has a dizzy, and is adjustable, but if you havnt moved the dizzy it might be ok ,still couldnt hurt to check the timing..
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 Post subject: Re: Just did tickford engine swap, now it wont stop hunting
Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 8:12 pm 
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how do i actually get to the dizzy to look?
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