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car feels sluggish

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grendel

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i just replaced me harmonic balancer and that got rid of all of the vibrting but my car still feels sluggish. could it just need a tune up or could it be something else?
 

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oh yeah, i have a b-303 cam, 2800 stall, shift kit, cai, pulleys, and p&p intakes, 3 inch exhaust with flowmaster 40 series mufflers (sounds sweet) and i can barely spin the tires from a stop and i only have 285's out back
 

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The timing could be off and the 3-inch exhaust can't be helping much. That's a bit much for almost any 302 setup. A tune-up would probably help out a lot too.
 

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my car also sometimes wants to die when i put it into drive. and the other day it did die if that changes anything
 

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I would try changing the distributor cap and rotor along with the plug wires. New fuel filter could also help.
 

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3" exhaust causes loss of power? what, not enough back pressure?

mine feels sluggish too. now i'm wondering if it is partly the exhaust.

mine has equal length shorties, stock cat, a (looks like 2 1/2") catback from an unknown vendor (like that when i bought it), and 3" ractive tips. would that rob low end power?
 

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Black96VertGT said:
3" exhaust causes loss of power? what, not enough back pressure?

mine feels sluggish too. now i'm wondering if it is partly the exhaust.

mine has equal length shorties, stock cat, a (looks like 2 1/2") catback from an unknown vendor (like that when i bought it), and 3" ractive tips. would that rob low end power?
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Not with just the tips. If it were most of the exhaust, then yes it would make it sluggish.
 
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