93 Sunbird 4 Cylinder. It idles totally rough and when the accelerator is pushed past anything but a 20 second 0-60, it gives me massive feedback. It feels like I've got a misfire or something. I've done damn near a full tune up on it, and still the same problem. Somebody's gotta feel me on this one.
too many factors to figure out. take it to a mechanic.
-Borsty
I don't think there is anything wrong with your car except that it's just naturally slow. You have the old 2.2 motor and I'm assuming the 3 speed...I used to have a 90 cav and ran fine (only had 70,000 miles when I got it) but it's just slow, period.
Like Borsty said, too many things could play into why there could be something wrong but it's not going to get much better.
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Trust me, there is something severely wrong besides having a little four cylinder. It's not that it's accelerating normally, just at a slower pace, it's that it seems like it running on two cylinders instead of four. I was thinking maybe the valve cover gasket has something to do with it. It's sitting in my backyard with no insurance or tags, so I can't even take it to Autozone and have diagnostics run.
hey check your coils. you are probably running on two cylinders. the other thing ive found with older j-cars is the controller (under the coils) will corrode giving you all kinds of rough run conditions. as always check your basics. fuel spark and compression. the biggest mistake a novice makes is overlooking the obvious.