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Hi everyone, I wanted help with my car I have read a lot of threads and checked multiple things. It's a 90 5.0 aod

It was running good before just making noise so I rebuilt it and put gt40p heads with springs, tfs stage 1 cam and cobra intake the throttle Body is bigger but the MAF is stock (I'm trying to get one to match but I'm not sure if this is all I need to fix it.)

The problem i have is that it doesn't want to rev past 2k or it will be in idle and have cuts. when I was messing with it, it reved up with no problem but I haven't been able to replicate it. I put smoke machine and no leaks i put a video if yall can hear it


View: https://youtube.com/shorts/YY-zzaN2KkU?si=4nAvCmcgEgKIMMRE
 
Hi everyone, I wanted help with my car I have read a lot of threads and checked multiple things. It's a 90 5.0 aod

It was running good before just making noise so I rebuilt it and put gt40p heads with springs, tfs stage 1 cam and cobra intake the throttle Body is bigger but the MAF is stock (I'm trying to get one to match but I'm not sure if this is all I need to fix it.)

The problem i have is that it doesn't want to rev past 2k or it will be in idle and have cuts. when I was messing with it, it reved up with no problem but I haven't been able to replicate it. I put smoke machine and no leaks i put a video if yall can hear it


View: https://youtube.com/shorts/YY-zzaN2KkU?si=4nAvCmcgEgKIMMRE

how is the ECU ? did you check the caps?
 
I haven't checked the computer but my battery wasn't holding charge so I changed it and now it revs up but it still has a "cut" when i keep it at certain place, so now maybe it's just a misfire?
I would check the Ecu it might need a repair .
Open it up post a picture of it and Send it here if it does need a repair best place to repair it.
 
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I would check the Ecu it might need a repair .
Open it up post a picture of it and Send it here if it does need a repair best place to repair it.
Ok thank you, I'll take it out and take a picture
 
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We are seeing all kinds of issues with these processors as they age. Right now an ECU out of a 1993 car is literally 32 years old. Some of the components are aging out and failing. Some are just sending them off to ECau Wxchange to have them go through it for a piece of mind. I had mine done about 20 years ago (bought a bad one when I swapped the car) and it’s still rock solid. Something to think about as a winter project if you are lucky enough to park the car for the winter.
 
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This is my ECU I swapped out couple months ago. Just an example of what to look out for. The issues this caused made me rethink my entire life.
 
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