Car shuts off after WOT run???
09-04-2003, 12:45 PM
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Car shuts off after WOT run??? I made a WOT run today after my cam install, and boy does she pull hard! 
The thing is, once I start braking from about 100mph, the car shuts off... Before the cam install, the serpentine belt would fly off when braking at those speeds, but now that I have the Larry pulley, the car just shuts off. That's a scary feeling when you're going over 100. It will stay on if I brake very lightly, but if I apply more pressure, the rpms just drop and my check gauges light comes on (car turns off). Has anyone ever had this happen to them? Any thoughts?
The thing is, once I start braking from about 100mph, the car shuts off... Before the cam install, the serpentine belt would fly off when braking at those speeds, but now that I have the Larry pulley, the car just shuts off. That's a scary feeling when you're going over 100. It will stay on if I brake very lightly, but if I apply more pressure, the rpms just drop and my check gauges light comes on (car turns off). Has anyone ever had this happen to them? Any thoughts? 
09-04-2003, 01:01 PM
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Re: Car shuts off after WOT run??? Was the car tuned? Sounds like it's dying from lack of oxygen, this happened on my car un tuned at 45mph, i would never take the car that fast without a proper tune, unless you know where your a/f is at.
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09-04-2003, 01:23 PM
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Re: Car shuts off after WOT run??? No, my car hasn't been professionally tuned yet. I tuned the A/F at idle with my MAFT, but still need to adjust it at WOT. I guess that could be the problem...
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Re: Car shuts off after WOT run??? You need a hol ein your throttle body, or you need tuning to fix that. In the meantime, give it some gas to keep it from dieing after a WOT run.
