Hey all, had an incident in my 03 and was hoping someone could shed some light. I finally got some replacement wheels and tires on my Cobra and took it out for a drive. It has been sitting for a couple of weeks and needed some heat in it (though it is 105 ambient here now).
Anyway, I had been driving for a bit (15 minutes or so) and was headed back home, in third gear, A/C on, and rolled into the throttle (60% or so at about 60mph). The car was making boost (10ish psi) and then it stumbled pretty hard. I lost power, but when I backed out of it and blipped the throttle I could hear the SC whine, at this point all the gauges except the boost gauge were dead, odo was all dashes, speedo and tach at 0. I made sure it was in neutral, flipped the ignition off and tried to restart it while I was rolling. From the sound of it, it seemed like the engine was struggling to start, but after a second or two of cranking, it fired up. It drove normal the last couple of miles home.
I know the alternators don't last long on these cars so I stuck my DMM on it as soon as I got home, but it was idling at 13.7 volts. Any ideas on what I could check or what it could be?
Anyway, I had been driving for a bit (15 minutes or so) and was headed back home, in third gear, A/C on, and rolled into the throttle (60% or so at about 60mph). The car was making boost (10ish psi) and then it stumbled pretty hard. I lost power, but when I backed out of it and blipped the throttle I could hear the SC whine, at this point all the gauges except the boost gauge were dead, odo was all dashes, speedo and tach at 0. I made sure it was in neutral, flipped the ignition off and tried to restart it while I was rolling. From the sound of it, it seemed like the engine was struggling to start, but after a second or two of cranking, it fired up. It drove normal the last couple of miles home.
I know the alternators don't last long on these cars so I stuck my DMM on it as soon as I got home, but it was idling at 13.7 volts. Any ideas on what I could check or what it could be?