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Old Feb 25, 2010 | 07:54 PM
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I put on a Vararam the other night and now I have a kind of surge. I think what is happening is I am actually loosing power then it is picking up again. It seems to only happen at low rms 1000 to 1500, like coasting up to a light or cruising at low speeds in traffic. I don't see it at high speeds of acceleration. It is an automatic an i dropped it into 3rd and did not see it at the higher rpms.
the only other thing I have on it is a Ti catback system with a bypass mod. so it is pretty basic at this time.
any help would be appreciated.
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Old Feb 25, 2010 | 09:38 PM
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From what I understand after installing a Vararam you need to take the car out for a nice 50 mile or so drive to let the computer learn how to act with the Vararam on it. The car will do as you describe until you do.
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Old Feb 25, 2010 | 09:41 PM
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Yep, the computer has to learn the what to do with all that extra air.
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Yeah, After the posting I decided to get on the vararam website and found that. thanks for the help. I need to get a few more miles on it.
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Old Feb 25, 2010 | 11:09 PM
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Hopefully, that works for you.
I had a similar situation after installing mine--surging at low throttle.
I had to have mine tuned to get it right in the end.
Rob
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