Power cut off while racing...REDUCED ENGINE POWER
Burning Brakes
Joined: Aug 2008
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From: Oro Valley AZ
Have you ported your intake manifold? An inexpensive check can be made with a can of break or carburetor cleaner. Spraying the mating surfaces, and the injector ports, with either will yield a surge in engine speed if there's a leak. Simply re-torquing the bolts may not be the solution. A nick on an edge of a mating surface or removing to much material near the injector are common errors that cause a lot of misdiagnosis's.
Drifting
Joined: Sep 2004
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From: S.D. CA
This problem happened to me today. Limped it to the nearest dealership....It would die on me when I hit the brakes...
I haven't done anything new to the car...all the mods where done a few years ago...
I haven't done anything new to the car...all the mods where done a few years ago...
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Jun 2008
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From: CA
What were you doing when it happened? Just cruising? What MPH, RPM, gear???
This happened again to me a few days ago. I was doing a test pass without my air filter. The intake sucked up something and caused the car to go crazy. I turned it off and started it back up. Runs fine.
There's a couple of things that'll cause this issue.
This happened again to me a few days ago. I was doing a test pass without my air filter. The intake sucked up something and caused the car to go crazy. I turned it off and started it back up. Runs fine.
There's a couple of things that'll cause this issue.
Drifting
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 1,912
Likes: 33
From: S.D. CA
What were you doing when it happened? Just cruising? What MPH, RPM, gear???
This happened again to me a few days ago. I was doing a test pass without my air filter. The intake sucked up something and caused the car to go crazy. I turned it off and started it back up. Runs fine.
There's a couple of things that'll cause this issue.
This happened again to me a few days ago. I was doing a test pass without my air filter. The intake sucked up something and caused the car to go crazy. I turned it off and started it back up. Runs fine.
There's a couple of things that'll cause this issue.
I'm still waiting for the dealer to call...I just have bolt-ons...I haven't touched the motor in awhile...
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Jun 2008
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From: CA
Someone told me that emissions stuff (ECU, O2s, cats, etc) are covered under a seperate 10yr warranty. I wonder if this is true. If so, i'd like mine checked out but I think the tune in my car will void it. My car is an 05 so it's way out of warranty.
Melting Slicks
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From: Chesapeake Va
The MAF should be cleaned by hand. It's very fragile, and needs to be handled with care. Other than that, what they're talking about is an "induction service" and if the price is reasonable, you should likely have it done, if you have any amount of miles on it. I routinely do induction services on higher mileage cars. It gets rid of the oil in the intake, and carbon build up on the intake valves and piston crowns. I've seen it remove knock retard, and actually make power due to that.
Drifting
Joined: Sep 2004
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From: S.D. CA
The MAF should be cleaned by hand. It's very fragile, and needs to be handled with care. Other than that, what they're talking about is an "induction service" and if the price is reasonable, you should likely have it done, if you have any amount of miles on it. I routinely do induction services on higher mileage cars. It gets rid of the oil in the intake, and carbon build up on the intake valves and piston crowns. I've seen it remove knock retard, and actually make power due to that.
Drifting
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 1,912
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From: S.D. CA
Thay're keeping it one more day for the roof recall...
Drifting
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 1,912
Likes: 33
From: S.D. CA
The MAF should be cleaned by hand. It's very fragile, and needs to be handled with care. Other than that, what they're talking about is an "induction service" and if the price is reasonable, you should likely have it done, if you have any amount of miles on it. I routinely do induction services on higher mileage cars. It gets rid of the oil in the intake, and carbon build up on the intake valves and piston crowns. I've seen it remove knock retard, and actually make power due to that.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 3,356
Likes: 1
From: Chesapeake Va
Edit: Sorry for the hijack......
