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Old Sep 12, 2009 | 12:04 PM
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Car just died

So I am driving and I was going for my daily redline and missed a shift..it bounced of the rev limited less than a second...I heard a pop and then car just died and turned off. Ignition is brand new...Battery is fine....Fuel pump turns on....Fuses are good
when i was trying to turn on the car it sounded like it was gunna catch but never did
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Old Sep 12, 2009 | 01:33 PM
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check your ignition coils, spark plugs + wires,
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Old Sep 12, 2009 | 01:35 PM
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ouch. ^+1
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Old Sep 12, 2009 | 01:39 PM
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The pop was the backfire which is pretty common and normal. Who did the ignition install and what was specifically done to the ignition system? Check plug wires on both sides? Verify that it isn't flooded now that you tried to start it with no luck?
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Old Sep 12, 2009 | 01:39 PM
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ignition is good...
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Old Sep 12, 2009 | 01:40 PM
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i dont think its a small problem like igntion and im catless...and the engine turned off as soon as the pop noise
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Old Sep 12, 2009 | 01:57 PM
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The pop was a backfire...no big deal...you should have those all the time being catless. The reason why Im questioning your ignition is because it controls the spark and you aren't getting any. It could be that a coil wire came loose or your ignition has bad timing or it could just be that your eshaft position sensor came off. Hence why it is pretty important to know what you are calling a new "iginition."
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Old Sep 12, 2009 | 02:07 PM
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You guys do know that he's FI'd, right?

OP: Was your car idleing fine after the mis-shift before you turned off the car?
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Old Sep 12, 2009 | 02:12 PM
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its not FI yet...was actually planning on starting next saturday
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Old Sep 12, 2009 | 02:13 PM
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i didnt turn car off...car turned itself off
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Old Sep 12, 2009 | 02:21 PM
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did the pop noise come from behind you or in front of you ?

Might be a good idea to start with basics .
Do you have spark ?
Do you have fuel getting to combustion chamber ?
Do you have even puffs of pressure from all chambers when you remove one plug at a time ?
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Old Sep 12, 2009 | 02:24 PM
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i couldnt tell...
i have spark
i have fuel
my car is just sittin on side of road dont know how i could check
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Old Sep 12, 2009 | 02:24 PM
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sounds like you u need to do the poor mans comression test before moving further
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Old Sep 12, 2009 | 02:25 PM
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and that includes?
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Old Sep 12, 2009 | 02:29 PM
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remove the spark plugs and place your finger over the hole, you should be able to feel a pretty strong pulse from the hole while cranking the engine, you will feel little to nothing if compression is too low or nothing at all from each rotor
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Old Sep 12, 2009 | 02:32 PM
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How did you check that you had spark on the side of the road?
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Old Sep 12, 2009 | 10:20 PM
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Originally Posted by DeViLbOi
How did you check that you had spark on the side of the road?
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how did you verify you had spark..?
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Old Sep 15, 2009 | 10:41 AM
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any updates???
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Old Sep 15, 2009 | 11:00 AM
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no not yet...ill be pulling motor this week and seeing whats goin on down there and what i need to rebuild...its been running on low compression for a while
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