heyyy got a question. i have an 88 pick up with the 22re and was wondering if anyone else had seen this prob. when the moter is at low rpms it has noo power and then u bring it up about 3grand it kicks in almost like it has a powerband. i was think advance the timeing? new wires and cap? so i didnt know if this had happend to anyone else and if there was more that i could do. cuz i can go lile 2 days on a full tank and i can go a week with my dads yota and its the same truck.
thanks for any help

 

I think that's the standard for the 22re. Mine does that too.

 

yyea the old moter did it to. but it wasnt bad. liek you could tell if you really looked for it. but the new moter i put in does it baddd and it has the intake of my old moter cuz all i did was swap blocks, cuz of my retared ness spun all a rod bearings was nto a good day on the trail. some how got a load of oil in the case and she craped out . kinda upseting to have to do a swap when in had a perfect moter in it

 

my 93 is like that bu tnot bad that its annoying. might try some cleaning techniques. like seafoam and such. might make a difference. how does it idle?

 

Is the engine still stock?

 

idles like poopy when its cold. trys to stail out some times it will some times it wont die out but it will come close to dieing but it wonts, . yea its stock, well headers but that should do it. when its warm some times it idles a lil high but other then that runs fine.

 

i seafomed the other moter and it help. but the manifold that it on the moter now is the one that was on the old moter. but it couldnt hurt to try it again

 

when the engine is cold (like 70F) it should idle at 900 or possibly even higher... and the colder it gets, the higher it should idle, up to about 50F where it maxes out at about 1200.
But when the coolant has warmed up, to about 180-190, the idle should be exactly what is says under the hood, like it says. And the timing gets set warm too.
So, if it idles like crap when cold, figure out why, and whatever you do when cold, the ultimate spec requirements are set with the engine warmed up.

You don't fix cold engine performance by changing anything that affects "Normal" engine performance.

 

Happened to mine. Reset timing and it had more power but nothing spectacular lol

 

yeai know about it warming up but it seems like even at runing temp it has a huge lag. idk maybe i need a big engine, i will find a way to put a cummins 4bt 3.9 turbo in it. thanksfor all the help, i will tinker with it and see whatt helps.
thank youuu