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Car is breaking up (and other problems)

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Maverick3169

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Nov 24, 2005
Dover, Delaware
Yes, I searched.

It was happening at random before, now its being consistant. It only happens at WOT. I have brand new plug wires (msd 8.5's) and my plugs (NGK7's) are gapped to 30.

The RPM at which it starts to break up is completely random as well. Sometimes it only does it at/or above 6000... sometimes it happens the whole time you accelerate.

I know it seems like ignition, but why would it be so random?
Could the ECU be causing this? Or TPS? I'm running out of idea's. Mods are in my sig, and I am not running blow threw. And yes, I checked for boost leaks, and nothing came up.

Oh yeah, it seems that my tranny doesn't want to shift when at WOT. This just started happening when the breaking up problem occured. When you give it 80% throttle, then it shifts fine. When you floor it, let off, let it shift, then floor it, its fine. When you drive normal, it shifts fine.
Both the breaking up, and the tranny problem are only happening at WOT.
Also, it has a random fuel cut problem... but this doesn't happen often at all.

Keep in mind that the breaking up problem has been very seldom up until today, then it started doing it constantly. The shifting issue just started today as well.

BTW- My A/F's are good while the breaking up occures.
 
I dunno.. My buddy's 91 Talon started to do that when he tried to punch it, keep in mind his is a auto tranny, then on day he hit a bump on some tracks and that did it in, all the car did was rev.. Stripped the torque converter! Once we changed that problem solved?? I dunno if it sounds anything like what your having problems with..
 
Looks like the TPS is out of range when I ohm'd it out. So that's bad... my friend said that this could cause all of those symptoms.
 
Well, I replaced it and it fixed nothing!
I'm so upset right now, I have no idea what else it could be. Any other suggestions?
 
OK, I fixed it. It ended up being the wires that connect to the TPS... they were exposed. So I taped them up, and it fixed all of the problems.
Just thought I'd let you guys know.
 
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