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Old Aug 15, 2013 | 11:23 AM
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So as some of you may notice I have been all over the forums for the past 9 months hunting down a misfire... so about a month ago I did a visual once over of all the wires in the engine bay... I Have unplugged the MAF.. anyways the part I feel like an idiot for.

So I got my friend to look at it the other night he has some experience with the LS series he tells me from what it looks like in the past he's seen fuel injectors, coils , or spark plugs... so I went with the cheapest being spark plugs... so morale of the story... check the wires physically next time... two of my spark plug wires were barely on and my car now runs full power once again. *facepalms*

Anyways I am happy to finally have my car back to its perfect running condition again and hopefully make it to the track before summer ends.
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Old Aug 15, 2013 | 11:30 AM
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I love cheap/easy fixes!....most every car guy has been there and done the same type of stuff, whether they admit or not is another thing lol...good luck at the track bro
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Old Aug 15, 2013 | 11:34 AM
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I love cheap/easy fixes!....most every car guy has been there and done the same type of stuff, whether they admit or not is another thing lol...good luck at the track bro
Thanks I will.
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Old Aug 15, 2013 | 12:51 PM
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Been there done that, it does feel nice that it was something so simple but then I pretty much slap myself for passing something so simple up.
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Old Aug 15, 2013 | 01:27 PM
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Lol we've all been there. Glad you found the problem, even better that it was a free fix!
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Old Aug 15, 2013 | 01:37 PM
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Always good to have some fresh eyes take a look at something...
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Old Aug 15, 2013 | 02:05 PM
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Lol we've all been there. Glad you found the problem, even better that it was a free fix!
Wasn't free two hours of labour because I had my dad's friend do it at his shop :'( I didn't have the time haven't slept in 2 days. But hey that was the spark plugs and he encountered the real problem and fixed it:p
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Old Aug 15, 2013 | 02:06 PM
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Yea I was lost for about 2 weeks couldn't figure out why I was getting a misfire the coil wires on passenger side was flipped lol I redid the cam and everything like 3 times for it to only be the damn coil wire, Happy you got it running
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