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Old Apr 3, 2008 | 02:38 PM
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i was on my was back from school 2d on the parkway and this kid with a turbo'd scion that i see driving around campus was behind me so i wanted to play with him a little so we take off doin bout a hundred, hes not keepin up at all, and then i let off a little to let him catch up and as he gets closer i get on it again but my car wont move, i had my foot planted to the floor and the revs went to about 4k and just chilled there car wouldnt accelerate or anything. anyone know what the problem was cuz i let off it and floored it again and the car was fine...i had this same problem when i had my car dynotuned the guy could not get the revs over 4500???
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Old Apr 3, 2008 | 02:46 PM
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Originally Posted by IMPALA SS 07
i was on my was back from school 2d on the parkway and this kid with a turbo'd scion that i see driving around campus was behind me so i wanted to play with him a little so we take off doin bout a hundred, hes not keepin up at all, and then i let off a little to let him catch up and as he gets closer i get on it again but my car wont move, i had my foot planted to the floor and the revs went to about 4k and just chilled there car wouldnt accelerate or anything. anyone know what the problem was cuz i let off it and floored it again and the car was fine...i had this same problem when i had my car dynotuned the guy could not get the revs over 4500???
You probably let it shift to a higher gear from letting off. I experienced this racing a Toyota tundra that was wanting to play around when i pushed back into the gas i was going so fast it would not downshift next time use your shifter to hold the gears. when racing i never let it out of 2 but this doesn't explain the problem you had on the dyno :-\
Do you have a hp tuner so you can log whats going on ?
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Old Apr 3, 2008 | 03:44 PM
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no i dont
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Old Apr 3, 2008 | 04:04 PM
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You probably hit the rev limiter. I think its around 4000.
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Old Apr 3, 2008 | 05:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Mels SS
You probably hit the rev limiter. I think its around 4000.
rev limiter is 6k no matter what
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Old Apr 3, 2008 | 05:29 PM
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rev limiter is 6k no matter what
Yea he wouldn't be hitting a rev limiter that low while in drive. Only rev limiter that would kick in that low would be the neutral one and that's not an issue here.
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