Car seems down on performance from last year

[JoeliusZ28]

its not missing at all. the power is inconsistent at cruising RPM & throttle ... as if something is intermittently dragging on it. Im hoping its gummed up fuel injectors or loose spark plugs, but it definitely got worse as the day went on saturday.

[sman]

How do you know your AC is bad? If your thinking tha bearing is bad is it possible that could be part of your problem? Causing more than normal drag on the serp setup? I know just when my AC is on the car is way down on power.

[ThreeHonks]

He jsut has an a/c delete pulley

[JoeliusZ28]

Yeah its just a pulley and it was making more noise than i think it should be.

[JoeliusZ28]

Well brian was nice enough to use his fuel injector cleaning apparatus on the car for me and it seems like that cured the problem 100%!!! Thanks brian!

[JoeliusZ28]

Bringing this one back up to the top because it apparently didnt fix it 100% (definitely improved however). The car seems to really struggle finding idle on a half-warm startup, which was never a problem in the past. I am debating if I should replace my lifters. I don't have any ticking or anything but the valvetrain seems like its a little noisier than it used to be. Would it be a good idea with 100k miles... 8k of which have been cammed? I have a slight oil leak at the back of my intake i wouldn't mind fixing anyway. At the very least I plan on re-lashing the valves, and I still need to swap out A/C pulleys.

[bri2203]

A 4 hour drive up north should fix it!

I would clean the throttle body...possible an issue with the iac.

[JoeliusZ28]

A 4 hour drive up north should fix it!

I would clean the throttle body...possible an issue with the iac.

good suggestions, the TB needs cleaning anyway.