After looking into this, I've found that the general consensus is that most people think it's very stupid and pointless, but that's beside the point. If someone wants to lower their civic until it's an inch off the ground and give a 45º camber then that's their business, I figure it's the same for any modification. Do what you want, and as long as it's not damaging your vehicle significantly, don't care what other people think.
That brings me to my next point. I also found you can get lope in (at least) 2 ways, either changing out cams or a tune. I've found some people saying it's bad for valves, some people saying it couldn't possibly hurt valves, I even saw one or two people say it causes a runaway in high idle sometimes. So I decided to ask here for the mechanical facts. What is happening in a diesel engine mechanically when you cause it to lope at idle, and how bad is it actually? Other than the extra vibration possibly causing things to rattle/fall off faster in the interior.
You can PM me if you want to tell me how stupid lope is, I'm just asking for facts, not what people think about it. I don't even have a diesel truck so don't worry about it.
That brings me to my next point. I also found you can get lope in (at least) 2 ways, either changing out cams or a tune. I've found some people saying it's bad for valves, some people saying it couldn't possibly hurt valves, I even saw one or two people say it causes a runaway in high idle sometimes. So I decided to ask here for the mechanical facts. What is happening in a diesel engine mechanically when you cause it to lope at idle, and how bad is it actually? Other than the extra vibration possibly causing things to rattle/fall off faster in the interior.
You can PM me if you want to tell me how stupid lope is, I'm just asking for facts, not what people think about it. I don't even have a diesel truck so don't worry about it.
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