car just shut off while driving...yay

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May 27, 2005 | 01:19 PM

mikeb0914

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car just shut off while driving...yay

last night i was driving my stang and it all of a sudden started like choking and shut off. the power was still on but the motor stopped. i shut the car off and then turned it back on a few minutes later and it started fine. i then parked it and went in the house. ever since i put headers on the car ive been having problems up the ***. what could this possibly by, some peole said its the fuel pump, some peope said its the ignition. i dont know, i cant keep throwin money in the car if i dont know exactly whats going on? can someone make me out a check list of all the possible things that might be wrong, there was no check engine light so i dont know if it was something minor or a major flaw in the computer. i drive a 4.6 liter gt. thanks

May 27, 2005 | 02:30 PM

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RE: car just shut off while driving...yay

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last night i was driving my stang and it all of a sudden started like choking and shut off. the power was still on but the motor stopped. i shut the car off and then turned it back on a few minutes later and it started fine. i then parked it and went in the house. ever since i put headers on the car ive been having problems up the ***. what could this possibly by, some peole said its the fuel pump, some peope said its the ignition. i dont know, i cant keep throwin money in the car if i dont know exactly whats going on? can someone make me out a check list of all the possible things that might be wrong, there was no check engine light so i dont know if it was something minor or a major flaw in the computer. i drive a 4.6 liter gt. thanks

Take it to a dyno and check the A/F. It is possible the stock computer is confused with all of the new airflow.

I was getting constant check engine lights with my exaust before the custom tune at low RPM. Never figured out what it was, but it went away with the new tune.