Lost big power and need help
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Staging Lane
Joined: Apr 2008
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From: north vernon, IN
Lost big power and need help I have a 1998 formula and i have lost a lot of power. I put LS6 heads, intake, and cam with SLP headers, MAF, High flow cats and a loudmouth exhaust system. about two or three years ago. everything ran great and it would spin and kick sideways on you even with the factory traction control on ( I can't turn it off) after a trip to Tenn it lost a lot of the power, it doesn't have a miss but i knew the number 8 coil was bad so i changed that out and it helped a little but i still don't have all my power. I had it scanned at auto zone and it came up as bank 1 and 2 are lean. Do you think it could be the injectors? I was going to put a procharger on it but I want to get this thing fixed before I add any more power to it. The procharger is sitting in garage and driving me nuts.
Next problem does anyone know how I can turn off the factory traction control, i have the light in my cluster but i don't have the switch in my dash.anything would help thanks
Next problem does anyone know how I can turn off the factory traction control, i have the light in my cluster but i don't have the switch in my dash.anything would help thanks
Last edited by sappertodd; Apr 24, 2008 at 07:58 PM. Reason: didnt word it right
the lean condition could be a couple of things I can think of off the top of my head. What kind of MAF did you install? There are lots of people on these boards that have had trouble with the aftermarket MAF's and most will say the stock MAF is the best bet unless you are planning on making over 500 hp and at that point most just change to SD and don't use a MAF anylonger. Also you could have a vaccum leak somewhere. That can cause the lean condition codes. I know because I just had the same problem and it ended up being a vacuum leak. It was on the bottom side of the PCV hose where it connects to the intake, there was a hole that had opened up there. I replaced that hose with a new piece of rubber hose and no more lean condition codes.
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Staging Lane
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 79
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From: north vernon, IN
the MAF is from slp and somebody told me to check the wires for the 02's he said he ran the same headers as me and his wires got too close and melted them. Well i have a good starting point so I'll keep you updated on here thanks for the help.
Last edited by miamifan3413; Apr 24, 2008 at 11:00 PM.
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the low traction light is on all f bods i believe. mine has it and i do not have traction control. its just a "your having to much fun" light. if you dont have the switch you dont have it.