Re: AH! somebody help me.

From: Bernd D. Ratsch (bernd@texas.net)
Date: Mon Apr 12 1999 - 21:39:17 EDT


Check for a loose ground (or Hot lead)....if it only happens when you slam
the gears, it may be harder to find.

> I went to the Silver Dollar Raceway on Friday to see how the truck was
> running compared to last year. The mods I've done since the last trip to
the
> track were: Superchips computer, MSD 6AL, MSD 8.5mm wires.
> Last years best time was 14.07 @ 103.9.
> Fridays runs produced:
> 1) 15.104 @ 97.95
> 2) 21.008 @ 42.71 ***
> 3) 16.524 @ 90.84 ***
>
> *** Here's the problem...
> First run was a total blunder on my part. The second and third run
started
> off good until I shifted to 2nd gear. When I hit second pretty hard I had
> some pretty bad wheel hop, as soon as it occurred the truck shut off.
When I
> say shut off I mean the truck was on (dash lights and all) just the engine
> was not. After about 1-2 seconds it started back up because I still had
it
> in gear (ouch). After that night I haven't had any other problems but I
also
> have not been running it hard either.
> Any Ideas out there on what my problem is?
>
>



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