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Old 02-11-2011, 04:43 PM
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Location: Madison, AL, al
Cobra Make, Engine: Midstates in-work again
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Crap!! So the feedback I got was a vapor lock. So I took off my gas cap and tried to make another trip to the DMV. I got half way there and the car just about died. As I gave it gas the engine just shut down but would not stall totally. I floored it and it was like everything shutting down no voltage. The fuel pump went quite. Motor went quite like turning the key off. It seemed that the motor would stall but it would catch and leap forward then go into a stall mode then jerk and leap forward again. I tried to kill the motor by pushing on the throttle, no luck. Put the clutch in and it would not rev up.. Got a lot of lookie luies. Waited 5 to 8 minutes started it up and it ran OK still could not jump on the gas so I limped it back home.

History,
A. I took a stock harness and reworked it to fit my setup, maybe I have something not right but when I checked my volt gauge there was no draw. Always read 12 to 14 volts.

B. I had a guy dyno my car in October (450 bucks), he installed a chip. After the chip was installed he placed duct tape over the exposed end of the chip. Tried to start the car but would not start, we pulled off the tape and it started. I put the car on the trailer and went home. I placed a small piece of plastic over the chip for protection, no problems. While in the church parking lot I pulled off the plastic and let my EEC hang from the plug, it got my home. I will call this guy this weekend.

I am open for any ideas, I don’t think it’s a vapor lock, fuel pressure gauge will not tell me anything because the pump died down like the motor. I can take it to a school parking lot wait till it starts acting up and just play with it. I am thinking about pulling out the chip just to see what the motor will do. I think the motor will go into survival mode (default) when the chip is removed. I’ve been at this for 20 years on this car, it’s a long story. Now I am focused and I want to finish it.
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