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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 03:53 PM
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put a new gm optie and msd wires on my car and still got a miss when i try to take it over 5 grand.when i say a miss its more than that its allmost like im hitting the revlimiter any ideals
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 04:00 PM
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budys car does same thing. replaced all ignition components looking towards valvetrain
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 04:13 PM
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replaced the plugs to, it has a new coil on it to im ready to stick a match to it
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 04:28 PM
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lol dont do that.
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 04:28 PM
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icm?????????????
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 04:51 PM
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Have you looked at the condition of the opti harness and the ground wire?
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 05:30 PM
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I was gonna say the ICM and opti harness?
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 06:46 PM
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Originally Posted by darrell hoagland
im ready to stick a match to it
don't use a match, guns are way cooler.
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I am having the EXACT same problem.... I hope you figure it out...

If I figure mine out I will let you know what it was and maybe it will help you too..


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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 08:04 PM
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Mine has done it sense I got it at 93k it not has 131k on it. Starts cutting out right before redline. I am going to relpace the fuel pump soon just for the hell of it
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 08:28 PM
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it started doing a while back then it broke down on me one day ,so i went and got my trailer and got it home.tore it down and the screws feel out of my button ,so i said that was the promblem .went ahead and put the new optie on and wires still does it .gonna get my buddys computer tomorrow and have him go for a ride with me while its hooked up mabe it will tell me whats wrong
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 09:53 PM
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this problem on my budys car started when another of my budies owned it lol. been like 4 years and its still there havent tryed opti harness though......hmmmmmmmmmm
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 09:53 PM
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might swap mine onto it and see
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 10:10 PM
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low fuel pressure? It should be around 45 psi at WOT i think
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 10:30 PM
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If your a 96 or 97 this is a lot cheaper than the GM one. Like 200 bucks cheaper. about had a heart attack when the gm parts guy told me 236 bucks.
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/CEI-108097/
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Old Mar 24, 2010 | 05:27 PM
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found my promblem it was my msd box unhooked the box and pluged straight into the coil and runs like a charm, thanks for all the input
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