Home
What's new
Latest activity
Authors
Store
Latest reviews
Search products
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New listings
New products
New profile posts
Latest activity
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
Cart
Cart
Loading…
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Search titles only
By:
Menu
Log in
Register
Navigation
Install the app
Install
More options
Change style
Contact us
Close Menu
Forums
Cobra Forums
Cobra R's
No power problem 95R
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="JoeAsheville" data-source="post: 15335687" data-attributes="member: 4116"><p>Finally got the exhaust uncorked on #181, so the wife and I decided to drive the cars on some twisty backroads.</p><p></p><p>Early on I attempted a pass on a slower vehicle, and the car just fell flat. On. Its. Face. Plop.</p><p></p><p>It refused to rev, and I absolutely could not get it to respond to any throttle input. The first time I stopped, I was looking for vacuum hoses that may have blown off (or apart), nothing was obvious. At this point I decided we needed to return to the shop, since it was still running and driving and I did NOT want to have the car towed.</p><p></p><p>I kept stopping and popping the hood, looking for things that I was thinking may be the problem...nothing doing. Meanwhile, temps even in the north Georgia mountains were nearly 100 degrees, higher still on the two lane blacktop we were standing on.</p><p></p><p>Finally, during one stop I blipped the throttle (easy to reach, also useful as a diagnostic tool) and promptly saw the intake hose suck shut. What the #!$?</p><p></p><p>Upon arrival at the shop, I was thinking about what on earth would cause so much of a pressure drop in the intake tract to suck it shut...then it dawned on me.</p><p></p><p>I pulled the air filter...or what was left of it. Apparently, during my pass, the engine tried to eat the filter, and the plastic cone was a perfect fit on the wire screen in the MAF...It nearly completely cut off air flow to the engine. Swapped out the filter, et voila...pulls like a freight train again. I imagine the glue on the old filter had given up and allowed it to spontaneously disassemble itself.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, too funny not to share.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JoeAsheville, post: 15335687, member: 4116"] Finally got the exhaust uncorked on #181, so the wife and I decided to drive the cars on some twisty backroads. Early on I attempted a pass on a slower vehicle, and the car just fell flat. On. Its. Face. Plop. It refused to rev, and I absolutely could not get it to respond to any throttle input. The first time I stopped, I was looking for vacuum hoses that may have blown off (or apart), nothing was obvious. At this point I decided we needed to return to the shop, since it was still running and driving and I did NOT want to have the car towed. I kept stopping and popping the hood, looking for things that I was thinking may be the problem...nothing doing. Meanwhile, temps even in the north Georgia mountains were nearly 100 degrees, higher still on the two lane blacktop we were standing on. Finally, during one stop I blipped the throttle (easy to reach, also useful as a diagnostic tool) and promptly saw the intake hose suck shut. What the #!$? Upon arrival at the shop, I was thinking about what on earth would cause so much of a pressure drop in the intake tract to suck it shut...then it dawned on me. I pulled the air filter...or what was left of it. Apparently, during my pass, the engine tried to eat the filter, and the plastic cone was a perfect fit on the wire screen in the MAF...It nearly completely cut off air flow to the engine. Swapped out the filter, et voila...pulls like a freight train again. I imagine the glue on the old filter had given up and allowed it to spontaneously disassemble itself. Anyway, too funny not to share. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Cobra Forums
Cobra R's
No power problem 95R
Top