Dynoed today
Le Mans Master
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St. Jude Donor '08
throw a new crank sensor in it or scope the current. @ 23 bits u''ll only sample 10 frames per second. wouldnt count on the scanner to pick it up. not saying that its impossible but..........
Burning Brakes
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From: Hernando MS
Good luck with getting it sorted out Chris. I trashed a set of MSD wires last fall. Car was falling on its face, felt like I was losing fuel pressure or something. Changed the wires out and felt like a whole new car.
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Hmm, sounds like what mine is doing. I will add that to my list to check.
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From: Palmdale, Ca----- 2009 Cyber Gray 4LT A6 F55 452 RWHP 422 RWTQ- RIP 1998 C5 734 RWHP & 585 RWTQ-----
Man and the numbers to boot!
I really hope you find the trouble! I would think it would be to an extent fairly obvious!
Make a check list and do a process of elimination! and then let us know the find!
Thanks,Matt
I really hope you find the trouble! I would think it would be to an extent fairly obvious!
Make a check list and do a process of elimination! and then let us know the find!
Thanks,Matt
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From: Watertown CT
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Chris any news yet? I replaced my Taylor wires with MSDs after I fried several, guess I should have bought another set of Taylor's, what wires do Doug and Chris use
Chris your car sounds sick with the cutouts open and can not wait until she is all running top notch
Chris your car sounds sick with the cutouts open and can not wait until she is all running top notch
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Le Mans Master
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I just checked my wires. They all ohmed 25-26 except for one. It was at 60, wiggled it the it read 80 and then 130. The crimp on one end was a little loose. Crimped it tight and it read 25.. Hopefully this was the problem. Too wet outside to go for a test drive...
Hopefully this was the problem. Too wet outside to go for a test drive...
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Looking for an ohm meter to check mine out Did you just pull them off completely and ohm them or is there a certain way?
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St. Jude Donor '08
Awesome. Glad you figured it out.
Yeah you're suppose to get rain for the next couple of days. Was just down your way in Dallas from Monday thru Thursday, got out just before the bad weather was coming in.
Not much better up here in Philly, PA, no rain but chilly.
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Chris have you do a WOT after the wire fix, you have had dry roads for two days now
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My car seems to go through wires about every year and a half. Taylors fell apart when I tried to take them off after 1 year on the car! They were brittle and the boots fell off. I switched to MSD's and they went a year and a half and then the car did the same thing your car was doing (cutting out about 5300-5500 RPM'S), but they were not brittle and falling apart. I changed plugs and still the same thing. I checked the resistance on the wires and they were junk as well. I just replaced them with another set of MSD's and the sputtering was gone. My guess is that the plug wire was and/or the wires are your culprit.
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Le Mans Master
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Not so sure that Taylors are the answer I had an issue with mine on 2 cylinders and put on MSDs when I put in my Exoskel 5k ago and no issues, ECS is using the LS7 wires per what I saw on there website, under the complete package of blower and motor
Chris have you do a WOT after the wire fix, you have had dry roads for two days now
Chris have you do a WOT after the wire fix, you have had dry roads for two days now
I switched to MSD's and they went a year and a half and then the car did the same thing your car was doing (cutting out about 5300-5500 RPM'S), but they were not brittle and falling apart. I changed plugs and still the same thing. I checked the resistance on the wires and they were junk as well. I just replaced them with another set of MSD's and the sputtering was gone.
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Le Mans Master
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From: San Marcos Texas
damn that scary fast
3rd gear roll is crazy fast
But the problem is still there..Not as bad though..Going to recheck the wires while there hot...
Replaced the idler and there is still a bad squeak. Sounds like maybe the water pump... Squeaking from somewhere around there...
3rd gear roll is crazy fast But the problem is still there..Not as bad though..Going to recheck the wires while there hot...Replaced the idler and there is still a bad squeak. Sounds like maybe the water pump... Squeaking from somewhere around there...