Car randomly died doing 160+??

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Jul 6, 2009 | 01:08 AM

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Car randomly died doing 160+??

Weird thing happened yesterday, never did this before and the only difference was the A/C was on.. I was with a friend in the car and went past the peg of 160, i'm thinking around 170 for how long it was rising. All a sudden the car just dies, and I rolled to a stop to start the car and everything was fine.. Any ideas what the hell happened or what the reason of it is? Thanks

Jul 6, 2009 | 01:23 AM

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Warning: danger to the manifold?

Jul 6, 2009 | 01:40 AM

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Don't go 160?

Jul 6, 2009 | 01:42 AM

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Any ideas why it died though?

Jul 6, 2009 | 05:21 AM

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Fuel cutoff could do that at that speed

Jul 6, 2009 | 06:41 AM

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SS's and WS6s have a speed limiter from the factory set at 160. You were banging up against it.

Jul 6, 2009 | 07:07 AM

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did you get the car tuned yet?

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Jul 6, 2009 | 08:00 AM

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Probably telling you to slow the **** down

Jul 6, 2009 | 08:48 AM

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sounds like speed limiter......if you are going to do **** like that you might want to get the limiter removed so you at least have power steering and brakes while going that speed

Jul 6, 2009 | 09:49 AM

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yeah not very bright doing that kinda speed with a passengers life in your hands let alone your own life...slow down before you quickly come to a end to your life..

Jul 6, 2009 | 09:54 AM

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Well I am not going to lecture you like everyone else on this board. However I would prob stick to doing that with just you in the car for future reference!

Jul 6, 2009 | 10:01 AM

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Yeah dude don't speed, nobody here goes past the posted speed limits, so you should probably just keep it quiet.

Jul 6, 2009 | 01:16 PM

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The speed limiter is off.. guess I should have mentioned that.

Jul 6, 2009 | 01:26 PM

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I bet that was interesting to say the least.

Jul 6, 2009 | 01:32 PM

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I bet that was interesting to say the least.

I thought my car silently blew up or something ahahaha, driving that fast with the cutout open then all a sudden u hear nothing its like...uhoh. I look down and im like wtf ahahahaha. We were just like well then..must be the air condition ahahaha

Jul 6, 2009 | 03:35 PM

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the air condition cuts off past 5500 RPM's so its not that. I found that one out on one of the dyno days here. It was hot as **** and the guy dynoning it put the AC on to back it in and forgot to turn it off. I was always told the AC gets shut off at 5500 but never saw it happen. I saw a jump in the HP/TQ curve- was kind of interesting.

About the car dying- you didn't throw a belt I take it. I have no idea, but like others said don't do it with someone else in the car.