Idle Issues After Installing Tune

04Sixxer · January 8th, 2012, 03:08 PM

After installing my new 93 octane race tune from Bama, i've been having issues with the car idling too low. It does not do this in park or neutral (it's an auto) but if i'm stopped and still in drive it will sometimes idle as low as 500RPM causing a shit ton of vibration.

Is there anything i can do to fix this or should i contact Bama?

iPAPKE · January 8th, 2012, 03:17 PM

My car does the same, but goes up after being stopped for a second.

mustangmike! · January 8th, 2012, 03:24 PM

You could play with the idle on your tune if you want, but you might as well just contact bama

04Sixxer · January 8th, 2012, 03:38 PM

Originally Posted by mustangmike!

You could play with the idle on your tune if you want

Is this easy to do? I don't want to screw the tune up somehow, but this would be worth trying

04Sixxer · January 8th, 2012, 03:39 PM

Since it only idles low in drive wouldn't that point more towards a vacuum leak somewhere? What puzzles me is that with the stock tune it acts fine

mustangmike! · January 8th, 2012, 03:49 PM

Carefull messing with a tune. BUT

If you go to put the tune on and when it asks if you want to adjust the options, do that, and scroll down till you see Idle Rpm, their are options for P/N and R D21.

If its set on 500 or whatever, then yes things need to be adjusted. But if its set at a different number then you need to adjust it or have Bama do it.

P/N RPM should always be slightly higher then D rpm, if its oppisite, when you put it into gear, it'll rev up and if your not on the break good enough you just hit something.

Could be your IAC, a vac leak, or the tune. Guessing the tune and your car are not playing nice together though.

04Sixxer · January 8th, 2012, 06:24 PM

^ Thanks man! I'm gonna go mess with it and see if i can get this fixed

mustangmike! · January 8th, 2012, 06:34 PM

If your rpm doesn't match the tunes numbers then Id say start checking for other problems AND call bama.

04Sixxer · January 8th, 2012, 08:44 PM

According to the tune, the Idle Speed while in drive was set at 600. In neutral it was 750. So i just set it to 750 in drive and 850 in neutral, it's probably a bit higher than it should be but it works fine and it's idling right where the tune is telling it to. I didn't think it would be so easy to change

SON1C · January 8th, 2012, 09:25 PM

my bama tune does the same thing.

Reaper_88 · January 8th, 2012, 10:50 PM

Dude give it a day or two see what happens, wen u reflash your ecu it has to relearn its fuel patterns, mine idles a lil rough at first but goes away within a day

mustangmike! · January 8th, 2012, 11:27 PM

Originally Posted by 04Sixxer

According to the tune, the Idle Speed while in drive was set at 600. In neutral it was 750. So i just set it to 750 in drive and 850 in neutral, it's probably a bit higher than it should be but it works fine and it's idling right where the tune is telling it to. I didn't think it would be so easy to change

Nothing wrong with your new settings. Hopefully that'll solve the problem for you. keep an eye on things the next couple of weeks and let us know if you have more problems.

If not, glad I helped you solve the issue at hand

One bad thing about email tunes is that its not always 100% correct for your car. Which is one issue I had with Bama and AM over a tune. I asked for something as simple as a tune to keep me safe to drive to the dyno on. And they at first refused saying it was to heavily modded blah blah, well I had it out with them on here, and basically thats why they wont do it, cause especially on our cars getting so old, the email tune on a HCI set up like mine could not be guaranteed to work so they didn't want to send it something not being 99% sure. Customer satisfaction type thing. But my deal was I wasn't expecting the "perfect" tune, just something, if needed to get me safely to the dyno.

But this is a good example of those email tunes not being 100%, it all depends on car to car now.

xtreme 2 · January 9th, 2012, 01:40 PM

that's why you datalog, send it back to them, and they adjust it. That's how a true e-mail tune work.

mustangmike! · January 9th, 2012, 01:41 PM

to bad when I tried that the system would not work ... spent quite some time on the phone with SCT trying to get their datalog crap to work and got no where

SON1C · January 10th, 2012, 08:42 AM

can you datalog with just the hand held?

xtreme 2 · January 10th, 2012, 10:02 AM

yes.

SON1C · January 10th, 2012, 10:11 AM

could you elaborate

xtreme 2 · January 10th, 2012, 01:06 PM

umm... I have a diablosport, so I am not 100% sure on the SCT, but when you plug it in go to Troubleshooting and there should be a section about Live Feed or something of that sort.

xtreme 2 · January 10th, 2012, 01:07 PM

here, this explains it better...

How to Setup On Device Datalogging Using X3 / SF3. - SCT SupportSuite

January 8th, 2012, 03:24 PM	#3
mustangmike! I Post Entirely Way Too Much 2004,1994,1967 14.37 @ 96 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 6,018 iTrader: 1 reviews	You could play with the idle on your tune if you want, but you might as well just contact bama __________________ 227whp N/A V6 Now w/ 8th Mile 8s ! How To Jmod Your Late Model 4R70W

January 8th, 2012, 03:49 PM	#6
mustangmike! I Post Entirely Way Too Much 2004,1994,1967 14.37 @ 96 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 6,018 iTrader: 1 reviews	Carefull messing with a tune. BUT If you go to put the tune on and when it asks if you want to adjust the options, do that, and scroll down till you see Idle Rpm, their are options for P/N and R D21. If its set on 500 or whatever, then yes things need to be adjusted. But if its set at a different number then you need to adjust it or have Bama do it. P/N RPM should always be slightly higher then D rpm, if its oppisite, when you put it into gear, it'll rev up and if your not on the break good enough you just hit something. Could be your IAC, a vac leak, or the tune. Guessing the tune and your car are not playing nice together though. __________________ 227whp N/A V6 Now w/ 8th Mile 8s ! How To Jmod Your Late Model 4R70W

January 8th, 2012, 06:34 PM	#8
mustangmike! I Post Entirely Way Too Much 2004,1994,1967 14.37 @ 96 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 6,018 iTrader: 1 reviews	If your rpm doesn't match the tunes numbers then Id say start checking for other problems AND call bama. __________________ 227whp N/A V6 Now w/ 8th Mile 8s ! How To Jmod Your Late Model 4R70W

January 8th, 2012, 09:25 PM	#10
SON1C Run ur car, not ur mouth. 2003 Sonic Blue 4.6L Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 4,057 Blog Entries: 1 iTrader: 3 reviews	my bama tune does the same thing. __________________ 238rwhp/263rwtq Drew's Build Thread

January 8th, 2012, 10:50 PM	#11
Reaper_88 [{4114 K-73}] 2000 Mustang V6 Manual Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 927 iTrader: 1 reviews	Dude give it a day or two see what happens, wen u reflash your ecu it has to relearn its fuel patterns, mine idles a lil rough at first but goes away within a day __________________ BAMA-K&N-C&L-TI LLC-VAP Auto-Steeda-MAC-Thrush-Koni-H&R-Maximum Motorsports WTB MAC Flow Path mufflers or Bassani mufflers PM me if you have a pair

January 8th, 2012, 03:17 PM	#2
iPAPKE iPoopke Regular 2004 Mustang Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Michigan Posts: 844 iTrader: 0 reviews	My car does the same, but goes up after being stopped for a second.

January 9th, 2012, 01:40 PM	#13
xtreme 2 Hardcore Enthusiast 2001 v6 premium Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 1,340 Blog Entries: 1 iTrader: 0 reviews	that's why you datalog, send it back to them, and they adjust it. That's how a true e-mail tune work. __________________ Screw it, coming to play with the big boys... 5.4L Vortech COMING SOON!

January 9th, 2012, 01:41 PM	#14
mustangmike! I Post Entirely Way Too Much 2004,1994,1967 14.37 @ 96 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 6,018 iTrader: 1 reviews	to bad when I tried that the system would not work ... spent quite some time on the phone with SCT trying to get their datalog crap to work and got no where __________________ 227whp N/A V6 Now w/ 8th Mile 8s ! How To Jmod Your Late Model 4R70W

January 10th, 2012, 08:42 AM	#15
SON1C Run ur car, not ur mouth. 2003 Sonic Blue 4.6L Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 4,057 Blog Entries: 1 iTrader: 3 reviews	can you datalog with just the hand held? __________________ 238rwhp/263rwtq Drew's Build Thread

January 10th, 2012, 10:02 AM	#16
xtreme 2 Hardcore Enthusiast 2001 v6 premium Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 1,340 Blog Entries: 1 iTrader: 0 reviews	yes. __________________ Screw it, coming to play with the big boys... 5.4L Vortech COMING SOON!

January 10th, 2012, 10:11 AM	#17
SON1C Run ur car, not ur mouth. 2003 Sonic Blue 4.6L Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 4,057 Blog Entries: 1 iTrader: 3 reviews	could you elaborate __________________ 238rwhp/263rwtq Drew's Build Thread

January 10th, 2012, 01:06 PM	#18
xtreme 2 Hardcore Enthusiast 2001 v6 premium Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 1,340 Blog Entries: 1 iTrader: 0 reviews	umm... I have a diablosport, so I am not 100% sure on the SCT, but when you plug it in go to Troubleshooting and there should be a section about Live Feed or something of that sort. __________________ Screw it, coming to play with the big boys... 5.4L Vortech COMING SOON!

January 10th, 2012, 01:07 PM	#19
xtreme 2 Hardcore Enthusiast 2001 v6 premium Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 1,340 Blog Entries: 1 iTrader: 0 reviews	here, this explains it better... How to Setup On Device Datalogging Using X3 / SF3. - SCT SupportSuite __________________ Screw it, coming to play with the big boys... 5.4L Vortech COMING SOON!

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