 I'm officially an idiot, sold my decel valve |
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| underthetire |
 Jan 20 2010, 12:13 PM
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914 Guru  Group: Members Posts: 5,062 Joined: 7-October 08 From: Brentwood Member No.: 9,623 Region Association: Northern California  |
After the megasquirt install, and my success with it, I decided i didn't need to keep all the Djet stuff. Now, I wish I would have kept the decel valve and here is why.
I thought, well the megasquirt has a decel cut function built in, that will help lean out the mixture on decel, and thats what this valve did anyway. Wrong. The decel valve I have since discovered makes shifting easier. Why you ask? Cause it allows air in once the throttle plate closes. This allows the engine to return to idle in a much slower fashion, thus not making the syncros in the tranny to work so hard. I figured this out cause my tranny will speed shift fine, but if I take my time, which I normally do, its much harder to get in gear. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) |
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| SLITS |
Jan 20 2010, 12:22 PM
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"This Utah shit is HARSH!" Group: Benefactors Posts: 13,602 Joined: 22-February 04 From: SoCal Mountains ... Member No.: 1,696 Region Association: None  |
So does this mean you want one?
If you are having problems shifting, I don't think it is a result of a missing deaccel valve. |
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| underthetire |
Jan 20 2010, 12:35 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,062 Joined: 7-October 08 From: Brentwood Member No.: 9,623 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(SLITS @ Jan 20 2010, 10:22 AM)  So does this mean you want one? If you are having problems shifting, I don't think it is a result of a missing deaccel valve. I think it is a contributing factor to the shifting. It's not bad now with all new bushings and trans mounts. What i'd really like to know is if someone has one on there car thats adjusted correctly to disconnect it and see if there is a big difference on decel time. I might be buying one. |
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| SirAndy |
Jan 20 2010, 12:54 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,945 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(SLITS @ Jan 20 2010, 10:22 AM) If you are having problems shifting, I don't think it is a result of a missing deaccel valve. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) When i had the 1.7L, one of the first this to go was the decel valve. I really like the much better throttle response without the valve. Without it, you can actually use the motor to slow the car down ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif) Andy PS: Never noticed any difference in shifting quality. |
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| jmill |
Jan 20 2010, 01:00 PM
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Green Hornet Group: Members Posts: 2,449 Joined: 9-May 08 From: Racine, Wisconsin Member No.: 9,038 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Don't feel bad. Unofficially, I've been an idiot for several years.
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