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Occasional acceleration problems, wierd please read

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1997gstterror

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Dec 26, 2002
Rosedale, Maryland
For the past 6 monthes ive had these occasional weird acceleration problems with my car.
this has been happening before and after i installed my b16g. heres how it goes..

in any gear, sometimes leaving a red light sometimes just giving it gas on the high way , my car will boost completely to 17psi and hold it and i can hear the exhaust get loud and the wastegate open but i get little or no acceleration. Alsmost feels like im draggin something. this occurs in all weather(cold or hot) and doesnt matter the temp of the car. seems like somethings just clogged because it makes no sense to be making full boost but accelerating like a civic.

it doesnt happen everyday but when it does it seems like the only way to stop it is push in the clutch and rev almost as if im blowing the problem out, which doesnt always work. ive checked all my ic connections and cant figure it out.

this was happening with my stock ic and now with my front mount. please help!!! :confused:
 
heard something about maybe the cat being clogged? or innapropriate timing or air/fuel mixtures?
 
its not the cat, I dont have one. maybe its inproper settings on the afc, ive never had it professionally tuned and im no tuning wonder especially since all i have to go by is an auto meter air/ fuel light up gauge which isnt very accurate.
 
1997gstterror said:
its not the cat, I dont have one. maybe its inproper settings on the afc, ive never had it professionally tuned and im no tuning wonder especially since all i have to go by is an auto meter air/ fuel light up gauge which isnt ever accurate.

you should really buy a datalogger kit....its the one tool you need to tune....air/fuel gauges are just for looks and i feel like an idiot for ever buying mine.
 
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