Why do the car gods hate me?

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66nightMARE

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Ok well last night me and a coworker of mine installed a tach in my car. After we got everything hooked up I took it for a spin. I was cruising up till about 50 and everything was good. Car sounded good, tach was working. No problems. The roads were empty so I got on the throttle. Well the RPMS shot up but I didnt go anywhere. My engine sounded different also. I dont really know how to explain it. What the hell is wrong now? I swear if its not one damn things its another.

 

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gjz30075

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Stick shift? = clutch slipping. Or wheel spin.

 

2nd Mustang

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The need for speed requires more donations in the collection plate.

 

MustangMatt1966

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need a little more info to narrow that one down...

 

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66forfun

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sure your auto shifter didnt slip to neutral....pls dont ask me why I would question that...lol. sloppy a$$ shift linkage.

 

krash kendall

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What they said - Standard or auto?

 

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66nightMARE

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Auto. The car down shifted like normal, but the way the engine sounded....just didnt sound right for some reason. Everything was going fine whenever I was doing normal accelerating and just driving around and what not. It wasnt until I gave it full throttle that it did this.

 

krash kendall

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It's kicking down a gear when you floor it. It's supposed to do that. Hold it down and when its up to speed it will shift back up again.

 

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66nightMARE

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krash kendall said:

It's kicking down a gear when you floor it. It's supposed to do that. Hold it down and when its up to speed it will shift back up again.

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Hu? I think you might have misread what I wrote. It downshifts fine. The car just doesnt go anywhere and the engine sounds different than usual. This has never happend before, ever, until after we installed the tach.

 

69 Rustang

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With the description, I can't help figure out what is happening. But, I would suggest you disconnect the tach and see if that corrects the problem. If the problem persists with the tach disconnected then you have a new problem. If the problem goes away, I would double check how you installed the tach.

 

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19stang66

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got any pictures of your tach install?

 

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66nightMARE

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19stang66 said:

got any pictures of your tach install?

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Do you want pictures of the actual tach mounted on the steering column? Or where I ran the wires?

 

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19stang66

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How about both? Or just the tach mounted. I'm trying to get ideas.

 

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66nightMARE

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19stang66 said:

How about both? Or just the tach mounted. I'm trying to get ideas.

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Ill get some up later this evening. Stay tuned.