lightning motor stalls
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lightning motor stalls
need some help out there, I added a super flip chip and 80 mas and full bassini exh. the truck has been running good since the mods. took it to thr track last weds and ran 13.7 1st time out. but then on friday engine started stalling in norm traffic.i let it sit 5 minutes and it stated right up drove another 5 miles and motor stalled again. that happened about ten times till i got it home. i pulled off the freeway so many times i picked up a chuck of steel in the back right f1. after second occurance i dissconnected the possitive battery term for about 15 minutes, but ten miles down the road the engine died again. no clues any body else having problems
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From: Downriver, Michigan
You may have a bad chip. Take it out and see how your truck runs. If it's ok w/o the chip; guess what! Also, when you remove the chip, notice if it's not fully seated in the PCM. You may have not gotten all that crap off the connector on the PCM. That's a possiblity too.
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Best E.T. Stock: 14.02
Best E.T. Chipped: 13.61
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Best E.T. Stock: 14.02
Best E.T. Chipped: 13.61
[This message has been edited by BadBolt (edited 08-06-2000).]
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Brokendown-L
Did you straighten out the metal bracket on the passenger wall side of the computer when you put your chip in? If not this bracket wedges itself under your Superchip and will temporarly disconnect the chip long enough to kill your engine. This will happen even if you have duct taped your chip in place. If you haven't done it already, pull the computer back out, remove the bracket(2 screws), straighten it where it rides up against the chip, a vise works good for this, reassemble, and chances are your problems are solved. Many of us on the board had this problem on first installtion of the SuperChip. SHM & Inject-Tech are similiar in design and the same potential problem exists with them. Don't know about Sal's 4-way or others currently available.
Good Luck
Lightning Bob
[This message has been edited by Lightning Bob (edited 08-07-2000).]
Did you straighten out the metal bracket on the passenger wall side of the computer when you put your chip in? If not this bracket wedges itself under your Superchip and will temporarly disconnect the chip long enough to kill your engine. This will happen even if you have duct taped your chip in place. If you haven't done it already, pull the computer back out, remove the bracket(2 screws), straighten it where it rides up against the chip, a vise works good for this, reassemble, and chances are your problems are solved. Many of us on the board had this problem on first installtion of the SuperChip. SHM & Inject-Tech are similiar in design and the same potential problem exists with them. Don't know about Sal's 4-way or others currently available.
Good Luck
Lightning Bob
[This message has been edited by Lightning Bob (edited 08-07-2000).]
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I had the "exact" same story last year, same symptoms. i put pressure on the duct taped chip and was able to get home. then re-cleaned contacts and re-taped with a cardboard gasket to keep the "superchip" perfectly even with the contacts, otherwise it can swivel and work its way loose. no problems after that.
