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Mustang jerks while driving

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Old 03-06-2010, 08:36 PM
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Default Mustang jerks while driving

Any suggestions:

Just took the car out since October and as I was driving it started to jerk. I thought maybe the gas .. so I put in an octane booster and ran the the car almost to empty. It was fine under load above 3500 Rpm . but during acceleration any where at 2000-3300 rpm it bucks and jerks.

Plugs were new and wires when I put it in the Garage in october. Could it be the ignition coil pack?

1989 Mustang 331 built 24lbs injectors. Calibrated MAF to match

Any help would be appreciated

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Old 03-06-2010, 08:54 PM
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does the car have a tune?
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Old 03-06-2010, 09:22 PM
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what about the cap and rotor??.....also lightly mist the wires with water and look for arcing, and make sure they are all pushed on tight and make sure none have burned through on the exhaust and make sure no rodent damage has done any in
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Old 03-06-2010, 09:39 PM
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Car does have a tune with a chip

I will check the cap and rotor

I swapped out the ignition coil ... that was not it .. the problem persist.

I will keep trying

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Old 03-07-2010, 04:36 PM
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clean your maf. what about fuel pressure.
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