help me with my buddies stang

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Iwant5.0

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its a 01 V6 stang and when he gives it more than 1/2 throttle the car hesitates. It happens more at lower RPMs. I put new plugs and wires in it and found that the plugs were not gapped right so i gapped them to the factory spec of .052-.056 and It didnt change anything. what else should i look at. this weekend im going to do the basics and change his air and fuel filters. the car has 60K on it also


thanks

 

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sorry I cant help but try the v-6 section or maybe www.3.8mustang.com

 

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check out fuel pressure.

 

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also might want to check TPS (i assume they have those - i dont know poo about the 3.8's).
any codes (OBD II tends to toss a code if the car backfires once. really touchy).
good luck.

 

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ya i would start pulling codes first it should say something.

 

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dont the new stangs have coil packs instead of plug wires....i know the v8s do

 

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there are no codes and it is a coil pack the light was on before for a misfire after the plugs and wires were replaced the light went off

 

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Hmm, since nobody said anything about plug wires to begin with. He did change the plugs though, and as far as I know new cars still have spark plugs.