car hesitates during WOT from 2500-4500

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Old 09-08-2003, 11:09 PM
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Default car hesitates during WOT from 2500-4500

afterwards the car runs rough like its missin a cylinder cannot accelerate to hwy speeds. exhaust smells fine while idling rough, not rich at all...

restarting the car fixes it until i go WOT at around 2500-3000

problem started after i changed the lifters and adjusted the cam about 6 degrees advance, reseting cam to stock timing does not help. disconnecting the brown wire from the O2 does help a bit, or else it starts at 1/2 gas (not even WOT)

all new: O2, plugs, wires, seals, cap, rotor, no vac leaks, etc

im thinkin its an injector... i hope not
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fuel filter changed too?
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new pump/filter
Old 09-08-2003, 11:55 PM
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Default if i just keep flooring it and shift, the CEL turns on

just testing what happens
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MAF sensor?
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no maf for CIS
Old 09-09-2003, 07:56 AM
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Default Bad tank of gas?

LOL, mechanical fuel injection....my bad.
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2nd tank of gas already
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Techron fuel injector cleaner?
Old 09-09-2003, 08:13 AM
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injectors are clean


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