my 1993 2.3 n/a notch-sluggish

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  1. raphate New Member

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    ok i recently bought a 1993 notch for 450bux..things cherry...but it seems slugish..like when i press the gas it has no balls what so ever...i kno the a4ld's thats mine..are not the greatest but geezus its a turd...im guessing its the timing? :shrug: any ideas..how do i change timing..it has no distributer, also the tranny was rebuilt not long ago..b4 i bought it
    raphate, Apr 26, 2004
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    Welcome to turdville with the stock 2.3NA. I pity those with the 5spd like myself and feel down right disturbed for you A4LD users :(
    ³à³, Apr 26, 2004
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    OK. I know I'm a bit over hyped about my recent discovery so I will only be brief. I know everyone bashes the A4LD tranny, and I'm not a huge fan of it either, but I gutted my cataylic converter and got rid of the sluggishness I felt for the last month.

    If interested check out "Gutting My Cat Got My Power Back" thread. Like I said I'm a bit over hyped cause it WAS the solution to my problem. This morning I took the highway to work instead of the back roads and I passed a car uphill at about 145kmph . Thats good for a 2.3 N/A. :D
    Last week I couldn't get passed 70kmph on the highway. So it made a huge difference.
    Lex, Apr 26, 2004
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  4. raphate New Member

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    sounds good..the 2.3 will be coming out due to a 5.0 swap with in 2 months..and 2.3 will be put in a ranger, how do u change the timing?..il try the gutting the cat to
    raphate, Apr 26, 2004
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    eehh my old 2.3 A4LD combo ran 18.2 several years back...
    man I am old man to these here 2.3 boards....
    89Stang, Apr 26, 2004
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  6. i4power Founding Member

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    I don't think that you can change the timing on the DIS 2.3's. You'd need a new chip for that.
    i4power, Apr 26, 2004
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    I can change the timing on my DIS 2.3L it goes from slow to stop fairly regularly.

    If you want some quick cheap speed from a 2.3L N/A run from the garage to the house :owned:
    kiddiccarus, Apr 27, 2004
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    My DIS ranger had the timing pill on the firewall for EEC timing advance. Just a thought, check if the pill is still in.

    I got my 90 Notch (A4LD) cheap for a turbo swap.
    It was sluggish till I noticed why I got it so cheap.
    The pill was missing from down by the distributor.
    Plugged one in and zoomzoomzoom!
    But it's getting more zoom soon.
    G-90, Apr 29, 2004
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  9. mr_woodster New Member

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    :rlaugh: :owned:
    mr_woodster, Apr 29, 2004
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