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Old Jan 28, 2007 | 02:38 AM
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Car jerks at high rpm...

My car is jerking around 6.5k-7k, when i floor it to about 6.5k, the car would just jerk and it feels like something is stuck in the exhaust or something. The car has a Yaw carb, carter fuel pump, FPR. There is no rat nest in the car.
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Old Jan 28, 2007 | 03:21 AM
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When's the last time you changed the fuel filter? That's always the 1st suspect to check. Exhaust is a possibility too.
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Old Jan 28, 2007 | 04:56 AM
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Could be ignition related too. The higher the rpms, the more demand you are putting on the ignition system. Old spark plugs, cracked wires, weak grounding, cap/rotor, and I think that's it. Basically just tuneup stuff, if you haven't done it lately.

Also run a can of Seafoam through the gas tank (1/8 tank of gas + 1 can SF) if you haven't in the last year. This can free up the apex seals etc. and increase the compression a bit.

But first, like Trochoid said; if you haven't changed the fuel filter lately then do that first.
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