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This meet usually has a good fox body turn out. Can’t talk for the other Radwood shows they do but I would think there has to be some that turn out at each show. It’s a really fun show, some cool cars and some that I was like wtf is this bc I’ve never even seen before.How does the Foxbody fare at the car show. I have one locally once a month and thinking about doing it. My car is finally in very good condition. Worthy I believe If I saw the Reddevil car at a show I would be very exited to see it. Our cars are thirty now do people gravitate to them?
So noid lights ok I can get those, the bad thing is waiting or not knowing when it will do this again. So a non pulsing noid light would equal 3 possible different thing but pretty much all related to fuel? Then injectors are new 60lb but like with any could have a bad or maybe clogged injector? The wiring harness is still the factory harness not sure if something in that could be going bad and causing this issue but it does seem to happen when the car is warmed up or have been run for awhile. It’s happened once where I just went into the garage to crank it and it just kept trying to crank but nothing. So I quit for that evening and next day cranked right up. If per say it was the pcms those are in the ecu aren’t they? Would that be solved if I finally switch over to a stand alone like the pimpxs unit i have been looking at? You were right about my dizzy and the pick up coil going bad, swapped in a cheap autozone one but it’s been working, been thinking about eventually getting a hot forged aluminum one.That sucks about your car. The thing about efi is you could have all the things you listed...but if the injectors aren't firing the car won't start. The computer gets its info from the pickup in the distributor to fire them. ( I think you've been through this already ).
On a couple cars in the past the salt and pepper connectors caused the same type issue. Rarely I've seen a bad computer cause this. Over time the soldering points can get weak, crack and only show up when the computer is warm.
I can remember some people years ago having issues with cars that had piggy back chips installed. The cars wouldn't run right sometimes or stall. Was so long ago I can't remember which ones where prone to loose connection.
You need to grab a set of noid lights from harbor freight or a parts store. When the car doesn't start you just unplug the easiest injector and put the noid light in the harness end. When cranking the light should pulse. Another check would be to spray some ether or starting fluid in the intake hose when it won't start. If it starts you know for sure you have an issue with fuel, injectors, or computer control. It only takes a small spray and hook the box back up before cranking it.
I'll be there as well.. always a great showAwesome pics. Thanks for sharing. Sorry about the issues with your car though.
I’m hoping to attend Radwood Philly next month if I can get my horn fixed and pass a safety inspection, lol.
Got damn Corvid is shutting everything down! Probably what my car has
I think it was me, but I just replaced this fuel filter again the day before the car show which was on Feb. 29th. The one in it was fairly new maybe a year or so old. Checked the gas and it seemed pretty clean, since I had picked up a new motorcraft one I said screw and tossed it in. Car ran fine after that, ran strong out to the car show, sat for a few hours and would not start up. Did exactly what it was doing in the video I just posted from the other day. Cranks and sounds like it’s gonna go and nothing. So this fuel filter is brand new give it take a few weeks.Think I recommended this to another member so ago but when was the last time you have replaced the fuel filter? I had the same problem on my black Mustang ended up replacing the entire ignition system just to find out that the fuel filter was clogged even though I just replaced it less than a year ago it's a cheap fix so might be a good idea just to replace it as for good measure. Just because you have fuel pressure doesn't mean that you have fuel flow
So car was tuned, has a SCT chip in it. So I’ve tried just cranking it, pedaling it during cranking, as well as pedal floored and cranking and I get all the same. You can hear when I pedal down and it gets going like it’s gonna do it and nothing. I currently have a cheap autzone believe duralast because my original after getting it back from the tune etc first the tfi module went bad, then the pick up coil. So I put this one in and it’s been working “fine” with the occasional shut off. Then it started doing this issue. Now the car just won’t start. I checked the plugs recently and all were good. Checked the coil plug and good spark. So idk where to go from there. I can do something but I’m not great as far as advanced mechanical tech stuff.Just my opinion but it really sounds like a timing / spark issue to me, maybe timing gear problem.
What brand distributor ?
You had the car tuned, is there an aftermarket ecu in the car or chip ?
An easy way to determine if it getting to much fuel during cranking is to put the pedal to the
floor then crank it, this cut fuel to injectors, probably not it but just a thought.
Adding more fuel during cranking would have to be done in the tune or with diy tuning software.