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Old Jan 28, 2008 | 04:18 PM
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Exclamation car is running like crap after installing lt's

I'm so pissed right now I'm about to put my stock manifolds back on. My car is shaking insanely bad, I put a small piece of wood in between the drivers side pipe and it doesnt shake so much there, the passenger side pipe i think is the one shaking. the car is running like complete ****, i go WOT but it's slow as ****, feels like im driving a v6. I really need to get driving soon I can't have this in the way. I had to cut and splice my 02's to extend them, I'm getting no SES lights. I have pacesetter LT's and pacesetter y pipe. I also have one bolt connected to the hanger but I still think it shouldn't be shaking that bad. Especially shakes bad when at low rpm, like 800. I know about the poly mounts and I'm working on getting some but I still think it should be running so sluggish. HELP!!!!!!!
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Old Jan 28, 2008 | 04:29 PM
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Check your plug wires. Mine ran like **** when I installed them and I finally traced it to a plug wire that wasn't fully seated. It idled fine but as soon as I got on the gas it started running real bad.
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Old Jan 28, 2008 | 04:29 PM
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holy **** ive been running on 4 cylinders, i forgot to plug my coil connection back on ****
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Old Jan 28, 2008 | 04:29 PM
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If it's "shaking" really bad you more than likey have a misfire or possibly a bad frt o2 sensor that the ecm hasn't picked up yet.. Re-check all your plugs, wires & the two big connectors for the coil harness on each head.

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Old Jan 28, 2008 | 04:38 PM
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yeah, i plugged my coil connection back in. No more shaking. Although I get the occasional bang at low rpm. Im waiting to go WOT down my road but theres a ******* cop in my neighberhood who eye fucked me.
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Old Jan 28, 2008 | 04:53 PM
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lol, yeah man, you need all 8 cylinders bro...
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Old Jan 28, 2008 | 04:53 PM
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^^lol glad you got it fixed
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Old Jan 28, 2008 | 10:19 PM
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It's good when it is the something so simple.
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Originally Posted by fortmyerspolice
holy **** ive been running on 4 cylinders, i forgot to plug my coil connection back on ****
Haha, I did that same exact thing so dont feel bad bro.
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Old Jan 29, 2008 | 09:13 AM
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Don't feel to bad, after my LS6 install I left number 8 injecter unpluged for about 5 min haha.
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Old Jan 29, 2008 | 09:29 AM
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Originally Posted by fortmyerspolice
holy **** ive been running on 4 cylinders, i forgot to plug my coil connection back on ****

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Old Jan 29, 2008 | 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by fortmyerspolice
holy **** ive been running on 4 cylinders, i forgot to plug my coil connection back on ****
am i missing something... or does one coil connection unplugged mean 1 cylinder not working? how do you lose 4?
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Old Jan 29, 2008 | 11:07 AM
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Thanks for the laughs.
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Old Jan 29, 2008 | 12:05 PM
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am i missing something... or does one coil connection unplugged mean 1 cylinder not working? how do you lose 4?
I took the whole coil bracket thing off and unplugged that big connector.




BTW Where can I get a 3" to 2 3/4 reducer so I can mate my y pipe to my stock catback.
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Old Jan 29, 2008 | 01:06 PM
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Originally Posted by fortmyerspolice
I took the whole coil bracket thing off and unplugged that big connector.




BTW Where can I get a 3" to 2 3/4 reducer so I can mate my y pipe to my stock catback.
http://www.burnsstainless.com/Transi...ansitions.html
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Originally Posted by fortmyerspolice
holy **** ive been running on 4 cylinders, i forgot to plug my coil connection back on ****
happens to the best of us. lol.
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Old Jan 29, 2008 | 02:11 PM
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Something cheaper, dont really need stainless
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Old Jan 29, 2008 | 02:20 PM
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any local exhaust shop should be able to take care of you
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Old Jan 29, 2008 | 02:33 PM
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^^^ Not if he took the cats off, most places around me won't touch my car for exhaust since I don't have cats.
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Old Jan 29, 2008 | 03:22 PM
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Originally Posted by fortmyerspolice
Something cheaper, dont really need stainless
but it would be the only place of the exhaust that won't be rusted out
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