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Sudden power loss at high RPM's?

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Old Aug 19, 2004 | 05:50 PM
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Sudden power loss at high RPM's?

I put my car on the dyno last friday, and I'm trying to figure out why my power drops 25hp out of nowhere at 5800 RPM's. Heres a link to the graph.
http://www.ls1camaro.net/freehosting/Z28dyno8-13-04.JPG
That doesn't seem normal to me. The only 2 things I can think of are the tune, which is obviously too rich so I'm having another sent out, or I put too much preload on my Comp R lifters (1/4 turn), but I'm only running it up to 6K so I don't see how that would cause it.
Old Aug 19, 2004 | 05:53 PM
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Re: Sudden power loss at high RPM's?

It appears to go rich at that time, too.

Try the simple stuff first, like a coil.

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Old Aug 19, 2004 | 05:55 PM
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Re: Sudden power loss at high RPM's?

The guy that did the dyno runs said it felt electrical to him. I don't know how you can feel that on the car, but I might as well do wires and a coil. How much is a new coil?
Old Aug 19, 2004 | 06:12 PM
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Re: Sudden power loss at high RPM's?

A collapsed lifter can definately do that. Also look for intake leaks in addition to the other suggestions.
Old Aug 19, 2004 | 06:17 PM
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Re: Sudden power loss at high RPM's?

The lifters only have 200 miles on them and they are Comp R's so I don't think I collapsed a lifter. Mabey its just tuning related?
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