I was sliding around the other day and got into a series of big circles and the power started cutting out, foot to the floor and no power. It felt like it was just cutting out.
What I want to know is why the fuel cut would hit while I was drifting and how do I keep it from happening again?

 

You cant expect anyone to know whats going on without any information on your car. It could be something as simple as you had under a quarter tank of gas and had fuel sloshing around and caused a fuel cut.

List some stuff. Are you n/a 13b? Whats your mileage? Done any recent mods? Are you sure its even a fuel cut? Stuff like that

 

Its a 93 RHD model with about 30,000 km Running non sequential twins , a PFC, HKS twin power, HKS super drager exhaust. The car had half a tank of 94 at the time the car is tuned and running 15 psi. The reason why I posted this in this section is it only happens when Im drifting, I hope this info is a little more helpful,

Pryce.

 

Answer as many as you can.

So your saying this doesnt happen when pedal is put to the floor going through gears in a straight line?

Does the powerloss come completely at random or does it seem to be around a certain rpm?

Does the powerloss come on as soon as you start doing donuts?

Does your car completely die after the loss or does it come back to idle when you let off the throttle?

How high do you rev your car?

Could you be flooring it and hitting rev limiter?


It could be many things. Could be wiring issues, tuning issues, fuel issues, Ect...

 

I can't tell you exactly what rpm Im hitting but i believe its between 4500 and 6000

It only happens when I'm doing doughnuts and not as soon as I start but only after 2 or 3 but never when Im driving in a straight line shifting through the gears.

I don't think its a electrical issue just because as soon as I straighten the car out and get off the gas for a second it everything goes back to normal and I have throttle response again and the car idles fine.

Im positive im not hitting the rev limiter

I know it could be a vast number of issues, in all honesty Im not to worried because this issue only comes up when Im drifting the car and its just the right excuse I need to not beat on it lol, otherwise it runs very well. I would still like to know what it is that causes this tho.

Thanks for the quick replies!

 

Pull your pump and make sure the rubber tube going from the fuel pump to the fuel pump holster isn't cracked/leaking.

 

Definitely seems fuel related. Buckey might have a better idea then i do about it so try and check out the pump. Only fuel problems i have had was drifting on a quarter tank my car seems to hate it and gets an inconsistent amount of fuel to the injectors due to all the sloshing around.

 

Its called fuel slosh.
The baffles on the tank are ****.
Try a fuel cutt defensor or a surge tang.
But with the surge tank you'll need an external fuel pump

 

Also make sure you have atleast a half tank of gas.