92 KA24DE problems!!

[club240sucks]

i never owned a 240 until now, and all i ever heard about 240's is how spunky and quick they are, then i bought mine, and it only has 70k on the engine, cuz the dumbass before me blew the old engine, so i replaced it. but its not that quick when i take off there is no difference in half throttle and full throttle... the acceleration is the same. i did a full tune up, fuel filter, plugs, wires.. etc... but what i wanna kno, is why my car isnt as spunky and quick like i heard, and another thing... after about 25-30 minutes of idling it will act like its choking and then die... it just sputters out, and then when im slowing down to a stop sign and have the clutch all the way in, the RMPs sometimes go down to about 400rpm's and then when i get fully stopped it shoots up to about 1100 and then levels out about 900.... can anyone help me, or is my car a lost cause untill i drop in the SR...and on top of that, heater takes forever to heat up and gas gauge dont work
Modified by club240sucks at 9:38 AM 1/24/2007

[Eikon]

Hi club.. Congrats on your new 240.

Hopefully we can help you enjoy it.

It's very hard to me to response to your thinking that it's "not quick".. That's such an objective term.. One person's use of the term quick (Kia owner) may be very different from another person's use of the term quick (Corvette owner). My recommendation is to find another 240 owner in the area and ride or drive their car. Then you can compare your performance to a real benchmark.

As for your idle problems.. Try cleaning your auxiliary air control unit (AAC). They often get gummed up a little bit and don't help modulate airflow very well when you need it to.

[club240sucks]

the only person around here with a 240 has KA-T thats just a lil different than my 240...lol... but thanks man