bad ground = blown motor?
04-26-2007, 05:17 PM
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bad ground = blown motor?
I had a battery installed in my trunk and it wasn't done right the ground was mounted to the trunk latch . So when I got it up to 4,000 rpm the voltage would drop from 14 or so to 11 therefore I would lose fuel pressure causing it to run lean and detonate . I cracked two pistons and needed a motor . I never thought that something that simple would cause a major problem like that but now I know and just wanted to help my fellow mustang owners from having to be away from their babies like I did I'm glad I found the problem before it happened again .
04-26-2007, 05:32 PM
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yup I got a street fighter stroker from chp and it's installed . It's being tuned at Murrillo motorsports in San Antonio . Murillo is the shiznit and The Hot Rod Store of Texas are the ones who charged me over a grand to install the batt , build the 310 lph fuel pump , and dyno tune .But they(the hot rod store )messed it all up and when I took it back to be corrected they let it sit for two weeks and did not touch it . Then I took it to Murillo's and I was on the road that very day .
04-26-2007, 06:17 PM
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I had a battery installed in my trunk and it wasn't done right the ground was mounted to the trunk latch . So when I got it up to 4,000 rpm the voltage would drop from 14 or so to 11 therefore I would lose fuel pressure causing it to run lean and detonate . I cracked two pistons and needed a motor . I never thought that something that simple would cause a major problem like that but now I know and just wanted to help my fellow mustang owners from having to be away from their babies like I did I'm glad I found the problem before it happened again .
I had a battery installed in my trunk and it wasn't done right the ground was mounted to the trunk latch . So when I got it up to 4,000 rpm the voltage would drop from 14 or so to 11 therefore I would lose fuel pressure causing it to run lean and detonate . I cracked two pistons and needed a motor . I never thought that something that simple would cause a major problem like that but now I know and just wanted to help my fellow mustang owners from having to be away from their babies like I did I'm glad I found the problem before it happened again .
04-26-2007, 06:48 PM
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If your batery was dropping from 14 to 11 your battery light would have come on! Also your battery won't just drop from 14 to 11 with a snap of the fingers it will take a minute or so, something you should have noticed! I always glance down at the guages every so often, maybe I'm just used to it becuase I drive Big Rigs???
04-26-2007, 07:05 PM
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If your batery was dropping from 14 to 11 your battery light would have come on! Also your battery won't just drop from 14 to 11 with a snap of the fingers it will take a minute or so, something you should have noticed! I always glance down at the guages every so often, maybe I'm just used to it becuase I drive Big Rigs???
If your batery was dropping from 14 to 11 your battery light would have come on! Also your battery won't just drop from 14 to 11 with a snap of the fingers it will take a minute or so, something you should have noticed! I always glance down at the guages every so often, maybe I'm just used to it becuase I drive Big Rigs???
04-26-2007, 08:58 PM
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ORIGINAL: 97targa
If your batery was dropping from 14 to 11 your battery light would have come on! Also your battery won't just drop from 14 to 11 with a snap of the fingers it will take a minute or so, something you should have noticed! I always glance down at the guages every so often, maybe I'm just used to it becuase I drive Big Rigs???
If your batery was dropping from 14 to 11 your battery light would have come on! Also your battery won't just drop from 14 to 11 with a snap of the fingers it will take a minute or so, something you should have noticed! I always glance down at the guages every so often, maybe I'm just used to it becuase I drive Big Rigs???
04-26-2007, 09:03 PM
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That sucks man, are you talking about Texas Hot Rods or a different store?
That sucks man, are you talking about Texas Hot Rods or a different store?
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