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Hey all,
To begin with this is for a 2001 cobra swapped gt
I’ve been going back and forth with a couple of local car guys in my area and I decided to post the question up here. Recently my beauty (4v swapped gt) has been giving me problems at stoplights. She occasionally turns off and she will start right back up.
I have gone through and triple, quadruple checked all the vac lines. I have brand new maf, spark plugs, iac valve, etc. And I can’t seem to track down the culprit. The car does feel like it has a bit loss in power. After speaking to a couple of buddies they seem to point me to the culprit being none other than ground cables and I’m not sure if that will fix the problem. So here I am asking you all for help.
Off the top of my head, The grounds I currently have are the one from the battery down to the starter it seems, then the one that leads to the fuse box. I have added 2 additional grounds myself from the front of the block to the frame. Those are the only ones I can think of at the moment since I remember when I was doing the swap I was surprised that the car didn’t have a lot of grounds. There are also some small misc grounds like the ones on top of where the driver headlight is as well as one by where the hood bolts are. I’ll update as I find more.
So my question is: would the grounds be the reason why the car dies out sometimes at idle on the street? If so where else could I add some ground straps too? It currently also has an aftermarket k member as well. It is fully built minus supercharger.
Any additional help or input is greatly appreciated!!! It is slowly frustrating me that I can’t seem to find the culprit lol I really want to get it fixed and back on the road!!
— Sal
To begin with this is for a 2001 cobra swapped gt
I’ve been going back and forth with a couple of local car guys in my area and I decided to post the question up here. Recently my beauty (4v swapped gt) has been giving me problems at stoplights. She occasionally turns off and she will start right back up.
I have gone through and triple, quadruple checked all the vac lines. I have brand new maf, spark plugs, iac valve, etc. And I can’t seem to track down the culprit. The car does feel like it has a bit loss in power. After speaking to a couple of buddies they seem to point me to the culprit being none other than ground cables and I’m not sure if that will fix the problem. So here I am asking you all for help.
Off the top of my head, The grounds I currently have are the one from the battery down to the starter it seems, then the one that leads to the fuse box. I have added 2 additional grounds myself from the front of the block to the frame. Those are the only ones I can think of at the moment since I remember when I was doing the swap I was surprised that the car didn’t have a lot of grounds. There are also some small misc grounds like the ones on top of where the driver headlight is as well as one by where the hood bolts are. I’ll update as I find more.
So my question is: would the grounds be the reason why the car dies out sometimes at idle on the street? If so where else could I add some ground straps too? It currently also has an aftermarket k member as well. It is fully built minus supercharger.
Any additional help or input is greatly appreciated!!! It is slowly frustrating me that I can’t seem to find the culprit lol I really want to get it fixed and back on the road!!
— Sal