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Old 05-21-2009, 07:48 PM
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i have a ls/vtec swap in a EJ recently my differentials went out on my b16 tran's so we just swapped to a gsr trans and now it wont go past 3 k i feel as if im losing so much power and we checked to make sure everything was plugged and it was. At this point we're clueless my car was is j-k tuned, my friend suggested that it could be my ecu, he said it could be acting up since it was tuned.... and that doesnt make sense to me so please h-t pimp my ride and help me get past 3k
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well i think i mite be harness or ur knock sensor my car did the same thing and i got a vtec harness with a knock sensor it made my car go past 3k hope that helps
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try a different ecu?
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Do you have a check engine light? if so find it and fix it sounds like your in limp mode which wont go past 3k.
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there's no check engine light at all. Everything seems to be plugged in correctly, the car just wont go past 3-k i feel a huge power loss, i can barely get up to 25mph with flooring it
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does the check engine light come on for 3 seconds with key on engine off?
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no check engine light after then engine is off either....thanks for the suggestion tho
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try a different ecu.
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ground wires?
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Originally Posted by jdm inc
try a different ecu.
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