car is acting like crap?
08-29-2006, 12:33 AM
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RE: car is acting like crap?
ORIGINAL: monkeydude3
dude I beat you by one minute. OWNED [8D][8D][8D]
seriously tho great minds think alike!
ORIGINAL: 98YellohCobra
They were probably "arcing". It's when electrical current from the wires will arc with a metal surface in the engine compartment (or possible the engine itself). It's not a good thing.
ORIGINAL: so1o2k3
Yeah this wasn't on the mustang, but on my previous car I thought the tranny was goin bad because the car would buck in a certain RPM. I took it to a shop and they told me that the spark plug wires were...ahhh can't think of the word for it. Anyways they were leaking some voltage.
Yeah this wasn't on the mustang, but on my previous car I thought the tranny was goin bad because the car would buck in a certain RPM. I took it to a shop and they told me that the spark plug wires were...ahhh can't think of the word for it. Anyways they were leaking some voltage.
seriously tho great minds think alike!
08-29-2006, 12:33 AM
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RE: car is acting like crap?
(sorry to hijack the post)
same here...things have been a little slugish lately then i put 93 octane and and it picked up.....now a couple weeks later it has just dosent feel right. I replaced plugs a year ago so would hope they would still be good.
Any ideas???
same here...things have been a little slugish lately then i put 93 octane and and it picked up.....now a couple weeks later it has just dosent feel right. I replaced plugs a year ago so would hope they would still be good.
Any ideas???
08-29-2006, 12:34 AM
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RE: car is acting like crap?
hahaha
arcing can be funny. I've had some instructors at my school show me how you can use a spark to burn holes through paper and stuff... and how HUGE You can make sparks with the right apparatus, lmao
arcing can be funny. I've had some instructors at my school show me how you can use a spark to burn holes through paper and stuff... and how HUGE You can make sparks with the right apparatus, lmao
08-29-2006, 12:35 AM
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RE: car is acting like crap?
ORIGINAL: Stanghead96
(sorry to hijack the post)
same here...things have been a little slugish lately then i put 93 octane and and it picked up.....now a couple weeks later it has just dosent feel right. I replaced plugs a year ago so would hope they would still be good.
Any ideas???
(sorry to hijack the post)
same here...things have been a little slugish lately then i put 93 octane and and it picked up.....now a couple weeks later it has just dosent feel right. I replaced plugs a year ago so would hope they would still be good.
Any ideas???
The carbon buildup will increase your compression ratio, and cause it to run better on higher octane fuel.
08-29-2006, 12:36 AM
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RE: car is acting like crap?
ORIGINAL: Stanghead96
(sorry to hijack the post)
same here...things have been a little slugish lately then i put 93 octane and and it picked up.....now a couple weeks later it has just dosent feel right. I replaced plugs a year ago so would hope they would still be good.
Any ideas???
(sorry to hijack the post)
same here...things have been a little slugish lately then i put 93 octane and and it picked up.....now a couple weeks later it has just dosent feel right. I replaced plugs a year ago so would hope they would still be good.
Any ideas???
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