i just bought a 1990 LX 5.0 the day before yesterday, and it has a cold air intake. it is absolutely slow as ****. my stock '92 LX 5.0 could beat this car all day long. i can't even do a brakestand in this car. it has new plugs, plug wires, rotor, cap, and button, but it's still slow. i've cleaned the throttle body (dirty as hell) and bumped up the timing, and only noticed a very small differece. what's wrong with it and what can i do to fix it?
my car is slow
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i just bought a 1990 LX 5.0 the day before yesterday, and it has a cold air intake. it is absolutely slow as ****. my stock '92 LX 5.0 could beat this car all day long. i can't even do a brakestand in this car. it has new plugs, plug wires, rotor, cap, and button, but it's still slow. i've cleaned the throttle body (dirty as hell) and bumped up the timing, and only noticed a very small differece. what's wrong with it and what can i do to fix it?
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i don't think it's the t-lok. i can be crusing down the road and stomp it, and it'll just BARELY pull. it seems like it takes forever for it to build RPMs when i get on the throttle hard
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Or ya got jacked and he sold ya a 4cyl 
Just kidding. Does everything else seem normal? Idle, no wierd sounds or anything, no shaking? Is there anything else out of the ordinary going on?
Just kidding. Does everything else seem normal? Idle, no wierd sounds or anything, no shaking? Is there anything else out of the ordinary going on?
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well the car still passes emmissions. the guy i bought it from did put new cats (or i guess they could have even possibly been used) on it though because it was failing emmissions before
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the z28 passed an within 2 weeks i was having that problem...
dealer replaced it for me, and then replaced them again cause they were bad too
stand behind both cars with them running and see if they creat the same amount of pressure
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edit to my last post
So Dude I Know Everyone Wants To Help But Keep In Mind You Bought A Used Car That Might Not Have Been Working So Well From The Previous Owner Who Had It !! Also Keep In Mind That Now You Have A New Project Car You Must Relax !!!!! Because You Need To Inspect The Car Slowly Learn It Front To Back The Only Way To Find A Problem Is To Learn About You Car By Research And Changing Parts !! ***** A Major Issue That Could Be Is The Gas Pump Just Because Your Getting Gas And The Car Starts Does Not Mean Your Pump Is Working Right This Could Be Your Issue And The Gas Filter As Well And The Injectors But Injector Rarly Go So Start From The Gas Filter First Thats Cheap Insurance Before Changing Anything Major !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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i still have it. i'm either gonna sell the coupe and build up this car, or put the running gear from this car into the coupe. i'm leaning towards selling the coupe though.
thanks.. i think i might have an idea of what the problem is, so i'm gonna play with it a little more this weekend and see how it goes
Who the hell types like that? You capitalized every first letter of every word?
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did you have your 13 cups of coffee before this post?
He Typed it in all caps. MM just fixed it automatically.
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ha HA ha HA ha HA......
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