Would a Bad Distrbutor limit your RPM's

94Silverbullet

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I only go to 4500-5000 RPM's

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88stangmangt

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thats about it for the stock igniton system if you want more revs get a better igniton msd 6al and a chip to get rid of any possible rev limiter but that on a 5.0 is where all the power is around 5k on the other hand if you had a bad dis you would know trust me you wouldnt even make it to 5grand. GOOD LUCK

 

94Silverbullet

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88stangmangt said:

thats about it for the stock igniton system if you want more revs get a better igniton msd 6al and a chip to get rid of any possible rev limiter but that on a 5.0 is where all the power is around 5k on the other hand if you had a bad dis you would know trust me you wouldnt even make it to 5grand. GOOD LUCK

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Not discounting what you're saying, but my car used to rev past 5000, now it's not. I've heard others say it should rev past 5000 also.

Anyone else?

 

Black331Stang

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the car should rev right to the limiter at 6250....if its stopping before that then somethings wrong

 

Black331Stang

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if u have a stock coil id change that..its pretty cheao and even iif it isnt the coil its still good that it was changed.

 

94Silverbullet

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Black331Stang said:

the car should rev right to the limiter at 6250....if its stopping before that then somethings wrong

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Any idea what may cause that? Could it be the distributor?

 

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you getting enough fuel?
change filter lately?
check injectors lately?
seafoam it lately?

 

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***update***

I changed the distributor and coil, and it's back to normal.

Thanks for all the replies.