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Old 05-15-2004, 08:31 PM
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My Car Sucks Hard!

Went to the track last night and ran a best of 14.2 @ 96 mph. Thats with a 2.0 60' and a .731 r/t. The car is having alot of vibrations, especially when I let it roll forward without touching the gas or brake, it jumps alot. The rpms never bounce, no gauges acting up and I don't get any lights. Its a 95, a4, mac headers, high flow cat, dynomouth, sfc, lca, stb, phb, 160 thermo and 3.23 gears. What could it be? Any info GREATLY appriciated.
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Old 05-15-2004, 09:00 PM
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when was the last time you checked the front wheel bearings?
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Old 05-15-2004, 09:01 PM
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Never, car only has 53k on it. It feels like vibrations coming from engine/tranny.
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Old 05-15-2004, 10:17 PM
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what does it act like with the trans in neutral, not rolling, and rev the motor up. does the vib get worse...
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Old 05-15-2004, 10:45 PM
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Sounds to me like you are misfiring. It could be your IAC also.

Also, have you checked for arcing at night, when you can see it?

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Old 05-16-2004, 10:05 AM
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Its raining outside now, I was planning on going out and messing around with it. When I was fixing a header gasket I saw a wire got chewed up by one of the pulleys, it stripped off the insulation. I'm hoping thats all it is. I'm not hearing any misfiring.
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ussually a dead cylinder or 2 makes huge vibrations at part throttle & under load, major ones you'd never think its the engine.
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Originally posted by bunker
ussually a dead cylinder or 2 makes huge vibrations at part throttle & under load, major ones you'd never think its the engine.
haha yep it was a dead cyl but only cause a pully hacked off the boot. easy fix.
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I'll try to get a pic up of the wire that got demolished in the pulleys.
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