dude fucken haters on youtube bro.. left a nice little message for that kid with the golf cart hahahaha

Do you have a OEM CAT? It might be clogged.

Oh yeah FYI, when my first engine went it would nont go over like 3 or 4k rpms so 3rd was hard to get out of.

Yo Om, not for anything but I realllly don't see a stock 8 beating an 8 with those mods. To begin, by full exhaust i guess you mean catless midpipe? If so, that alone would probably be enough to pull on a stock 8.. then with an AP leaning out the top end you will really see a difference.. especially in long pulls like this where it matters..

Mods on this car don't do MUCH but they DEFINITELY do something. A proper cold air intake, getting rid of your cat, and a tune (AP) you will definitely be looking at something like 20-25hp and those are the ponies that will pull on a stock 8 in long pulls like we did that night.. 2nd, 3rd and into 4th.

Get rid of your CAT!

Any luck on your car?

omar did you end up fixing this issue? I am running into the same problem. Replaced coils/plugs/wires, dropped the cat installed a straight pipe. Still have power loss in 3rd gear... anyone know what the hell else to try?

/\ Compression test. :sweatdrop

sigh i guess so.. I herd the SSV might be causing this issue too.

I had a power loss in third gear a while back and after trial and error on several mods I figures it to be be a bad set of coils. After reading my logs I learned it was only in third because that's where the most stress was on the coils. I had detonation in third only at 7k. In second and fourth I was OK. My new coils arrived and all symptoms ceased.

thanks police, I may give that a try. But I just did replace the coils last month..:confused:

My bad set of coils were brand new too. Things happen.

Yes my issue was resolved. I upgraded to the BHR ignition with new plugs. And that helped a lot. But the most improvement was replacing the clutch/flywheel. My clutch was slipping it couldn't hold the 160lbs of torque lol. So I wasn't getting the power to the floor in third or sixth. Now I'm ripping dudes. I also got the compression test. I would do that bro.

thanks bro. I will get a compression test done and see how it looks.

I hit about 90mph around 9500rpms in 3rd but damn does it take a good 8-10 seconds to get there from 50.

Sorry to hear your still having trouble adam.

yeah it sucks. So time to go to the dealer! yay...

So after hooking up the AP and installing the MM base map, the car feels a shit load faster now. But I cant tell if its improved over stock or just got back to stock level.. since I was having a low power issue.


Omar are you going to the meet on august 15th? If so do you mind taking my car out for a drive and testing to see if the car is actually ok or its just me.

If all you did was install a base map then it's obviously you in one form or another

I also installed a new catback as my previous one blew apart.. but I didnt expect any type of difference from a new catback. The only difference in the two catback is the new one creates a lot more back pressure than my previous one did..

I think its me being weird, but when I dewinterized the car and drove it for a month or so I felt like the power was declining. Once I reflashed with the base map it feels like how I remember it a summer ago...

I dunno think its just me :dunno:


Could be my clutch/flywheel. If so that looks to be next years mission..