My engine cut at WOT :0/
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From: Québec,Canada
Car: Trans Am 87
Engine: 305 soon to be 350
Transmission: 700R4 soon to be T5
My engine cut at WOT :0/
Hi everyone!...sometimes when im in WOT my engine cut at approximately 4000 4500RPM and it wont fire up until i throw up my foot off the pedal....and when i put it at WOT at 1500RPM it had no torque and after 1 second it throw the RPM up and goe verry well.....if you understand my poor english..can you help me plz!!!
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Thnx!
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Car: 1987 Iroc-z
Engine: 200k+ TBI 305 :-(
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My car is like that too. It usually takes a few tries to pass somebody before it will take off good enough. Im thinking its a fuel delivery problem. Im taking my tank off to clean it out real good and see if the pickup is clogged.
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Whens the last time either of you changed your fuel filter?
Stealthmode, do not yank the tank until ever other possibility has been eliminated. Its not a very pleasant job to do. Can it be done, yes. Is it something i would avoid if i could, hell yes.
Stealthmode, do not yank the tank until ever other possibility has been eliminated. Its not a very pleasant job to do. Can it be done, yes. Is it something i would avoid if i could, hell yes.
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Car: 1987 Iroc-z
Engine: 200k+ TBI 305 :-(
Transmission: 700r4
I changed mine about 100 miles ago. I had been having problems where the car would just die. And it wouldnt start for a few hours. I had pin holes in my gaslines and when the pickup would get plugged a little it would start sucking air. After i repaired the lines, when i drove it, it would shift up to second and then around 3000 rpm it would slowly start to slow down until i let up on the gas. Before it would just pop and die completely.
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I'm running a rochester on a 305 LG4 with performer PRM intake, short headers and a crane H266 cam...
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Car: 82 Berlinetta/57 Bel Air
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Sounds like you have two problems: Bog when going WOT at low RPMs, and cut-out at high RPMs.
For the bog, make sure the choke pull-off is working properly and/or adjust the secondary air valve tension.
If the fuel filter is new, most likely your fuel pump isn't delivering adequate pressure. That could be from a weak fuel pump or plugged pick-up sock in the fuel tank.
For the bog, make sure the choke pull-off is working properly and/or adjust the secondary air valve tension.
If the fuel filter is new, most likely your fuel pump isn't delivering adequate pressure. That could be from a weak fuel pump or plugged pick-up sock in the fuel tank.
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lol i have a carbed engine!! no speed limiter here....but my speedo does'nt go more than 140 KM/hr.....
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Car: '83 Z28, '07 Charger SRT8
Engine: 454ci, 6.1 Hemi
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Check your O2 sensor, it may be FUBAR. If its toast, your engine will run very rich (I know, I been there)... which can create the bog you are talking about, and possibly the top end, or lack-of, as well.
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The ECM goes open loop at wide open throttle. O2 sensor is ignored.
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Originally posted by five7kid
The ECM goes open loop at wide open throttle. O2 sensor is ignored.
The ECM goes open loop at wide open throttle. O2 sensor is ignored.

I still think it sounds like its running rich... that sounds exactly like how mine acted when it was running rich (almost completely worked out now)
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The secondaries and fuel bowl operate the same whether manual or computer-controlled q-jet.
My bet is AV bog with fuel starvation.
My bet is AV bog with fuel starvation.
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Car: Trans Am 87
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If it can help to solve the problem.....when i start the car...it take a few WOT to make the car runs good....if i put it WOT on the first straigt line, the RPM goes down and i have have to remove my foot off the pedal....then after a few WOT it work good....
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