Ls1 guy needs lt1 help
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Ls1 guy needs lt1 help Hey guys, My buddy has a 93-94 Trans am M6 that he's trying to sell. He had me drive it to see how it ran. I've driven a few so I had an idea of what to expect from the car. I seemed kinda doggish and idled a little bit rough. I finally put the hammer down and off idle it wouldn't break the tires loose and barely barked second gear when I slammed it as hard as I could. I also notice that around 5k it started to break up and almost "stumble". I was wondering if anyone could help me figure out if this is a MAF problem or maybe the opti acting up? Thanks bros. 
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Sounds like a MAF sensor, try unplugging the MAF and running without it see if its still there. The car will be even more dogish without the MAF but it shouldn't break up on the high end if it was caused by the MAF.
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Originally Posted by TMar99Z28
Hey guys, My buddy has a 93-94 Trans am M6 that he's trying to sell. He had me drive it to see how it ran. Before I drove it I looked at the tires and they looked a little low on air, what could cause this? Thanks bros.
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I don't think there was an SES light. I'm gonna try cleaning out the MAF for him next time he's home and see if that helps any before I try unhooking the MAF, Then I'll move on to the OPTI guess. He did say he just had the plugs/wires/cap/rotor etc. changed so if it's not that I've got it down to the MAF and OPTI.
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Originally Posted by TMar99Z28
I don't think there was an SES light. I'm gonna try cleaning out the MAF for him next time he's home and see if that helps any before I try unhooking the MAF, Then I'll move on to the OPTI guess. He did say he just had the plugs/wires/cap/rotor etc. changed so if it's not that I've got it down to the MAF and OPTI.
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Originally Posted by LiENUS
try unhooking the MAF first unless the car is modified highly. cleaning the MAF can very easily damage it, unhooking will keep you from needlessly risking your MAF, if its a farely stock car and unhooking the MAF does nothing then you know it wasnt the MAF and the MAF doesn't need cleaning, only clean the MAF if you need to, And if you do need to clean it be sure to fully disassemble it so you can clean both sides.
I'll give it a shot, this car is stone stock as of now. He bought it off some older guy and it only has like 85-90k miles on it now.