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no engine power?

Old Aug 27, 2005 | 01:13 PM
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no engine power?

for some reason my camaro has lost power, when your in a higher gear it feels like it has no power at all, especially uphill, when you rev it it feels like it has alot of power, but at some point it feels like it has none at all... this happened after i did headers/exhaust and z06 rims
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Old Aug 27, 2005 | 06:08 PM
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Re: no engine power?

Check your timing retard.Do a board search on knock retard and get the resistor and install it. The header's are causing false knock and retarding the timing.
Old Aug 28, 2005 | 01:50 AM
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Re: no engine power?

so dont i get a lt4 knock module?
Old Aug 28, 2005 | 10:53 AM
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Re: no engine power?

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so dont i get a lt4 knock module?

LT4 knock module is a waste of money, it won't fix it.
Old Aug 28, 2005 | 01:45 PM
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Re: no engine power?

so where do i get the stuff for it?
Old Aug 28, 2005 | 02:18 PM
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so where do i get the stuff for it?
Do a board search for size and installation and ya get the resistor at Radio Shack
Old Aug 28, 2005 | 02:26 PM
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i doubt this is the problem... but what does it do when your catalytic converter starts stopping up?
Old Aug 28, 2005 | 02:39 PM
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what do u mean about stopping up?
Old Aug 28, 2005 | 02:41 PM
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my brothers 93z had the cat clog up and he lost all power pretty much... would idel and stuff... but he could barely make it up the road to his drive way... so he introduced the cat to a big steel pole and a hammer
Old Aug 28, 2005 | 03:21 PM
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Re: no engine power?

Originally Posted by 1racerdude
LT4 knock module is a waste of money, it won't fix it.



Well, let me think here... My car has a nice set of heads/big cam/and LT's with no tune the car never retards the timing and doesn't throw codes. It threw a code once but that was because my Y-Pipe slammed the bottom of my car and then it imediately when away, so yeah I guess the LT4 KM that is in my car IS garbauge and a waste of money.
Old Aug 28, 2005 | 03:38 PM
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Re: no engine power?

Originally Posted by hallbilly
my brothers 93z had the cat clog up and he lost all power pretty much... would idel and stuff... but he could barely make it up the road to his drive way... so he introduced the cat to a big steel pole and a hammer
oh no then, cause i just bought a new hi flow carsound cat, and i heard the resistors dont do anything when u get them? and to the other people are lt4 kms useless?
Old Aug 28, 2005 | 03:39 PM
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No they are not useless.
Old Aug 28, 2005 | 03:49 PM
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Re: no engine power?

what if i get a pcm tuned by madz28, will that be able to take out the false knock?
Old Aug 28, 2005 | 03:55 PM
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LT4 Knock isnt a waste of cash, not even close.
Old Aug 28, 2005 | 04:23 PM
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Re: no engine power?

Originally Posted by DiabloGT
what if i get a pcm tuned by madz28, will that be able to take out the false knock?
can anyone answer this?

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