Hi all,
Hope someone can help me with this.
I built a 4.6 stroker for my 2004 TJ, and I'm having all kinds of issues with it running right.
It starts right up, vibrates like crazy, eventually smooths out a bit, and runs enough I can drive it to work and back. (I go super easy on it.)
I don't hear any pinging or knocking, there's no Check engine light, it idles fine for the most part, and during acceleration it vibrates like its stumbling on itself.
I have checked and double checked the base timing and the installment of the cam sync, both are set properly as far as I can tell. (I'm used to distributors). The PCM is original. I've replaced the coil pack, cam/crank sensors. Gave the wiring harness a serious manhandling listening for any signs of changes, and no difference.
I have a very basic scanner that lets me see some live stream data and I've been watching it as I drive. At idle, timing adv. ranges between 7.5 - 14 degrees, most of the time, and goes to around 34 or higher when i give it small amounts of gas. A couple of times it remained at 27 while at idle. Other times it will hit 0 when i let off the gas. The bank 1 stft (short term fuel trim), O2 numbers, are relatively numerically close to their bank 2 counterparts; I don't see any drastic differences, and the numbers are pretty low both in both pos and neg ranges. That said, I have never looked at the live data before so I have no idea what's normal and what's not.
None of the shops where I live will work on it cause I've done too much to it. Can anyone help? Is there such a person I can contact that can tell me what equipment to buy so they can remote in and help diagnose the issue(s). I'm quickly becoming a parts changer, and I hate that, but have no other alternative at the moment. It's getting expensive really quick with zero improvement.
Thanks!
R