So I was finally able to drive my car for real today. Not just around the block to feel how it rides, but up on the highway all the way to work. Felt pretty good, I think I got the TV cable just about right... shifts a little hard, but it's not short shifting and the shifts aren't sloppy at all. I can control how hard it shifts by anticipating it, and letting off the gas a bit and get a softer shift. Downshift is crisp and responsive, and with no torque converter lockup yet, it lopes around 2k give or take to stay at highway cruising speeds. Runs a little on the cool side now, never getting over 165F meaning the cooling system is doing it's job probably a little too well.
While the engine is running and under a load, it's smooth, and it feels good accelerating for the most part. Come to a stop and put it in park and it gets a little shaky... not too shaky, but enough that you notice it in your pants. Under load it has a tendency to get a little wobbly because vacuum starts to drop off a bit, so sometimes I have to heel-toe it and bring up the RPM just a touch. Somebody told me for a new engine that's breaking in, that some, but not all, of these symptoms are normal... is that true? I have it idling at around 1050 RPM with no load (park) and with load (drive) it idles around 700-800 or so. It's not pinging so I don't think it's an advance issue. Personally I think either my idle mixture is too lean, or something else is off.
Any thoughts?
While the engine is running and under a load, it's smooth, and it feels good accelerating for the most part. Come to a stop and put it in park and it gets a little shaky... not too shaky, but enough that you notice it in your pants. Under load it has a tendency to get a little wobbly because vacuum starts to drop off a bit, so sometimes I have to heel-toe it and bring up the RPM just a touch. Somebody told me for a new engine that's breaking in, that some, but not all, of these symptoms are normal... is that true? I have it idling at around 1050 RPM with no load (park) and with load (drive) it idles around 700-800 or so. It's not pinging so I don't think it's an advance issue. Personally I think either my idle mixture is too lean, or something else is off.
Any thoughts?