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Old 03-13-2011, 02:44 PM
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well, I noticed some loss of power with high RPM ..

car has boltons and cammed , not tuned.

what's the problem ?
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Old 03-13-2011, 02:58 PM
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You need to give more detail.

it idles fine , accelerates fine ,but after accelerating and reaching top rpm ,it becomes slower ...

I think it's called engine bogging !!
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its called, you had no rpm's in the first place and you ran out of cam
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its called, you had no rpm's in the first place and you ran out of cam

what's that suppose to mean !!
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Old 03-13-2011, 03:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Mohammed_z
well, I noticed some loss of power with high RPM ..

car has boltons and cammed , not tuned.

what's the problem ?


What cam, what intake, what is "high rpm." To someone with an L98 with a stock intake that means 4500 rpm. To people with aftermarket intakes it could be up in the 6000 range
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