My '95gt has started hitting a brick wall at about 3500+ rpms. Searching on here led me to replace the original coil with the MSD Blaster OEM replacement. Still does it [not as bad].
Symptoms:
- under acceleration @ 3500+ rpms it feels like someone cuts the power in half.
- the tach seems to jump in 400-500rpm incriments after 3500rmp, almost like its sticking.
- in park, the tach moves smoothly up to 5000rpm with no problems.
- the problem also started the same time I began to get engine noise through the radio. The noise went away when I changed the coil tonight.
- The plugs, wires, & coil are new. The cap/rotor are about 1yr old.
What next?
(Does that capacitor next to the coil go bad? I remember my dad always had a few in his tool box.)
Symptoms:
- under acceleration @ 3500+ rpms it feels like someone cuts the power in half.
- the tach seems to jump in 400-500rpm incriments after 3500rmp, almost like its sticking.
- in park, the tach moves smoothly up to 5000rpm with no problems.
- the problem also started the same time I began to get engine noise through the radio. The noise went away when I changed the coil tonight.
- The plugs, wires, & coil are new. The cap/rotor are about 1yr old.
What next?
(Does that capacitor next to the coil go bad? I remember my dad always had a few in his tool box.)