mods: removed top off intake, aftermarket drop in air filter, tb mod, port matched manifolds, removed 5th and 6th port sleeves, advanced ignition timing, 2.5 inch exhaust single exit(stock manifold). maybe some other things i forgot,

when i accelerate hard everything is all good until i hit 7,800rpm, it feels like my car hits a brick wall, it starts backfiring and bucking, it wont go past 7800, WHY???

am i hitting fuel cut??? if so why? do i have fuel cut? is it ignition?



oh all emisions are gone a/c p/s air pump, acv, rats nest, all gone, also omp is gone, premix exclusevly

 

seal float?, motor might be tired. Time to pull it and give it to Ito!

 

My guess would be the fuel cut, maybe your tach is off. My tach is/was off in my AE by almost 400 rpm. And if thats the case with your car you'd be hitting the fuel cut.

 

my stock tach is showing 200rpm higher (or lowerr i dont remember now lol) than it is,

but i also have an autometer on my dash that one is the one i refer to, and @7,800 on the autometer it craps out

 

They do have a rev limiter, don't know exactly at what rpm. These engine like to keep reving non stop if it wasn't for it.

 

the s4 ecu runs out of processor speed at about 8krpms, so its like a revlimiter



mike

 

i hit fuel cut in my 89 GTU many times. it was around 8200-8400rpm indicated

 

Is there a neccessity to rev the engine up that high? Isn't max horse power at 6,500? Wouldn't it be slower if you over rev it like that?

 

Because we can.

 

i like to rev high because it sounds FREAKIN awesome, and my power doesnt run out til about 7500rpm, it still pulls though and then comes 7800 and it hits a brick wall, lol