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- From: hamilton@eng.umd.edu (Andrew W. Hamilton)
- Subject: Re: Throttle response from stop lags
- Message-ID: <1992Sep14.162125.6415@eng.umd.edu>
- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 16:21:25 GMT
- Organization: College of Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park
- References: <BuFC79.2Eu@csn.org>
- Originator: hamilton@state.eng.umd.edu
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- In article <BuFC79.2Eu@csn.org>, limd@teal.csn.org (Davin Lim) writes:
- >I have an '84 Pontiac 6000STE with a 2.8l V6 (normally-aspirated). If I try to
- >accellerate "hard" from a stopped position (e.g. flooring the throttle,) there
- >is a distinct lag in the engine's response. It will actually take a second or
- >two to start building significant RPMs. Things seem to be more responsive if
- >I don't floor the pedal but rather depress it more smoothly.
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- My '78 Buick LeSabre does this too. If you floor it, nothing happens for
- a few seconds. But if you only press it about 2/3 of the way down you can
- make it spin the wheels almost immediately. I don't know the answer, but
- whould speculate that a better carb might cut down on the problem. Anyone
- know for sure?
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- Andrew.
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