View Full Version : Stalling while taking hard corner


rx8fanatic
11-20-2003, 07:44 AM
The other night I was driving home and I took this great corner like I always do. This time it kinda freaked me out, because I almost stalled out. The car was lethargic for about a 1/4 mile after that. Gearing was fine. Have not had the problem since. Same tank of gas so I do not think it is bad.

Has anyone else had this problem?

RobDickinson
11-20-2003, 07:54 AM
Probably fuel starvation , may happen if your under 1/3rd of a tank, I think some of the autox boys have had this happen.

I thought there was a fix for it , but not sure if its done yet.

desmo996
11-20-2003, 09:53 AM
Originally posted by RobDickinson
Probably fuel starvation , may happen if your under 1/3rd of a tank, I think some of the autox boys have had this happen.

I thought there was a fix for it , but not sure if its done yet.

I did not know this. The same thing happened to me on one of my favorite corner, but the car stalled after exiting the corner. Scary stuff, because there is a light after the corner. The Power steering became stiff and the the brakes became non existing. I applied the brakes so hard the the car skid. No ABS when stalled btw. Can't remember how much fuel I had, but took it easy after that.

Len
11-20-2003, 01:00 PM
There's more info about this here:
http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12626