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Old 22-01-2010, 08:13 AM   #1
Drakh
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Car: Black Lantis BA 2.5L KLZE
Posts: 92
Question Tuning and timing

Hey all- my cars been running a bit rough lately, everybody says I need to take it to the mechanic and get it "tuned", or take it down to a dyno and get it "tuned". What I want to know is what exactly do they do???

I have the klze in my car running off the standard 2L ecu, and it runs fine most the time, but then over time I can feel the cars performance deteriorate and the exhaust gets all burbly. New spark plugs fix it but only for about a month and then im back to the roughness n bunnyhops

I dont think its directly an ecu issue- sure the standard ecu holds me back some ( LOTS) but I don't think its the causing my car to run ragged. maybe more a timing/tuning issue- but I don't know where to start aye. Few things I can think of are maybe my FPR could be set incorrectly, or one of the sparkplug leads is faulty, I have stacks of spare leads but how do I test em? And what about timing? - I read that even if u adjusted it, that the ecu just resets it to normal, I can get my hands on a timing light but i guess it would probably be pointless? Might give the dizzy cap some attention too.

Basically it boils down to this- I'm sick of my car driving like a retard, and I'm sick of people telling me to take it down to a mechanic to get it "tuned" - I'm also too stubborn/skint to take it down to said mechanic. So who out there has my quick fix?? anybody

Any help at all would be appreciated. cheers
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