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Old 12 Jun 2008, 09:41 pm
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Default Re: Motor cutting out after catback installed. WTF?!?

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Originally Posted by Mean Green View Post
The reason I asked about the plug gap is because my brand new '03 GT had the high rpm stutter that the dealer could not figure out. It did not stutter when you did not get on it, only when you really pushed it. A friend told me to drop the stock .050 plug gap down to .040 and the stutter disappeared. When you go stage 1 I'd try .035 for the gap.
Interesting!!

I will still try the resetting of the PCM first. I still don't understand why this started after switching exhaust. It just doesn't make any sense to me how a better flowing exhaust would make the car run worse.
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