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Old May 2, 2020 | 06:56 PM
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Ever since doing a full build on my ls1 I'm getting this odd behavior I can't figure out... When over 50% throttle the power will cut out for a fraction of a second. Sometimes it will do this rapid fire like 4-5 times in a row and then be fine all the way to redline.

I've tried a different pcm and ensured the connectors are all clean. So it's not that. Any guesses?

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Old May 2, 2020 | 09:28 PM
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Have you tried capturing a log of the many available engine operating PID's? They could tell you, and us, a lot.

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Old May 2, 2020 | 11:54 PM
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Check that your battery is properly secured. The positive terminal can hit the ac accumulator if the battery rocks back under acceleration.
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Old May 3, 2020 | 09:39 AM
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On my ls swapped vehicle I had a similar issue. At about 4500 rpm full throttle I would get a miss pop pop pop and then good until redline. Ended up being the ground on the back of the cylinder head, I did not tighten it properly. It was fine during normal driving.
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Thank you all for the replies! Super interesting seeing two of you mention the ground issue. I'll bump that to the top of my investigation list.

Only code is the P0103 for MAF circuit. Tuner did this to let me run on speed density.

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