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Old Nov 8, 2002 | 11:14 PM
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Restricted airflow?

I just got my car back from the shop and I still have one problem. My car struggles at high RPMS...

I recently had a flooded engine and my car would not boost. I got the flooding fixed and replaced a hose and a few other minor things to get the car boosting again. Now, for a while I was running all my mods (see my SIG), with a STOCK ecu because i had to temporarily get rid of my PowerFC.

I have upgraded fuel injectors (1200cc) so my car was running EXTREMELY rich for a while and wouldnt have any power in high rpms with the stock ecu. Thats because the stock computer cant handle all the mods I have.

Now that its boosting again and i have the PowerFC back in, the turbos work fine and everything and I get boost, but i start to lose power at high RPMs.

I think running so rich for a while may have melted my high flow cat and that is what is restricting airflow? Maybe I need new plugs? What would cause the high end power to be so low? Any suggestions would help. Thanks in advance.
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Old Nov 9, 2002 | 12:21 AM
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Change your plugs and try it out ,if it is not better ,borrow a mid pipe and try it out .
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Old Nov 9, 2002 | 04:46 AM
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running rich makes you run cooler then if you were running lean. perhaps you clogged the cats...

BTW: Why get a highflow cat and not a midpipe?

You can always grab a pipe and just punch out the cat
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Old Nov 9, 2002 | 10:25 AM
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Take it back to the shop...........
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