when geting on it i can not rev out my ss/sc because it starts to cut out right before 7k rpms. i have zzp stg 3 with 2.8 pully and 60# injectors.
whats going on? anyone have this problem

 

Sounds like the stock rev limit to me...are you tuned to have a higher limit?

 

umm, rev limiter maybe.

What do you have your rev limiter set at?

 

no it is tuned and set at either 7200 or 7300. on the zzp tune they send you.

 

does it bog down or just bounce off the rev limiter, cuz if it just bounces thats your rev limiter being set to 7k RPMs.

 

like i said it at 7200 or 7300 or maybe even 7400 lol.it bogs. it has just started this problem i have reveed it out past 7000 before now its acting up.. could it be bad gas?

 

well i have heard of this for hondas, not sure if it applies to balts, buuut was the car at operating temp??? cuz with hondas the motor cuts out at 7k if its not warm enough, might have to try at operating temps first if it was cold

 

My Integra revs all the way to 8k when its not warm. haha

 

what if its too hot because. i would be driving for a wile then as i am about almost home i would get on and it would do it but ten min later i would drive it about five min to my friends house and it would pull fine. but now its about all the time.

 

it is set at 7400... lol

 

Have you checked you plugs? If you have bad gas, you will see some signs of it here. Have you checked for coolant flow in your tank?

As for gas, they are starting to transition from winter to summer fuels. This might be some of it.

What is your temp reading around the time that you see this happening?

 

just went for a ride.. did not cut out at all at 154 coolent temp but earlier today i got $15 of shell 93 and injector cleaner.. we will see hhow she pulls tomorrow thank you

 

It is not good for the motor to due any hard pulls on them under 180°F unless you have a 160°F thermostat in.

Ok, that is a good start, some new gas and injector cleaner. Let us know how it works.

 

well i have the zzp stage 3 H/E on helping me on that side. haha

 

What are your plugs gapped at? Could be spark blowout when your engine gets hot. Acts similair to a rev limiter.

Joel

 

wow first intelligent response in this thread

 

does it cut out or does the boost drop off?

 

first i have had trouble with what plugs should i run with the 2.8 pully and what would be the ideal gap for them?

cut out

 

wow thanks dick. tools like yourself are the reasons people dont like this site very much anymore.

 

Everyone will tell you 0.032" (that's what I run), but it's not always the ideal gap for every car/setup. You want the largest gap possible w/o spark blowout. I tried all gaps from the stock 0.035" gap down to 0.032" literally chasing spark blowout away. A 0.033" gap worked ok, but I still had a hint of blowout around 7000 rpm (my limiter was set at 7250 rpm) on cold nights. That's how I knew 0.032" was the best gap for my setup.

Take out your plugs, see what they are gapped at, and work from there. Also, the ZZP canned tunes are known for having hiccups from time to time. Look into that as well.

 

well then post something smart

if it was bad gas it would run like **** all the time

 

thanks. i will go check the plugs now.
and what kind of plugs should i get you think.

 

Most like copper core plugs. My car does not.

But a common plug that most modded SS/SC owners use are the NGK one step colder V-Power plugs (BKR7E).

 

Yes, thats what I run, and love em ;D Good luck!
P.S. They can be a bit pricey..

 

Never said anything about bad gas, what I said happens with hondas sometimes and might happen to cobalts, so was smart and guess what, you didn't exactly say anything intelligent either, in fact you said something completely useless so your still a douche