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Old 09-17-2012, 01:28 PM
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Well my car feels slow driving around i think its the stall feeling loose but i think it feels slower that it should, not sure how I can check to see what's really wrong or if their is some time of full diagnostic to really to know if their is something wrong?
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OK..you have three treads basically asking the same thing (no offense).
I believe you (and others in 1st tread) have answered you own question.
"Unknown stall" as you state is probably what "you're feeling'.
I would suggest (as others) a street tune is in order.
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yeah true lol well the other ones were about races pretty much but in this one I want to ask truly what coudl I do? their is no local tuner so it has to be a mail in order
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Any tuner is going to want to know what size stall you have.
Can you get info from previous owner? If not, you can get an idea by:
Find best traction surface you can, brake/flash converter til tire break loose, note rpm tires break. Not perfect but better than nothing.
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You need to find a good tuner and actually have them log the car and tune it probably. They will be able to see what your stall is flashing too, and tune accordingly.

As soon as my stall went in, my tuner and I went to the track and logged the car. Vig 3600 and I believe it flashed to 35xx something it was very close to the rated stall speed though.

If you arent used to a stall, I guess it could feel as though something was wrong. Its gonna be sluggish down low, and feel like the trans is slipping as we said in the previous thread.
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I see well im going to take it to a former mehcanic school instructor i know he said he was going to do a "stall test"
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Originally Posted by needtransam
I see well im going to take it to a former mehcanic school instructor i know he said he was going to do a "stall test"
Pretty sure that is gonna be him standing on the brakes and stalling the car up.



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