Demon Coyote
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So this is the second time that my engine has died on me randomly while driving.
First occurrence (1.5 months ago):
I was coming up to a red light and the turn was slightly uphill. I approach the light and drop the car into neutral (clutch was fully engaged continuously at this point) and while braking, as I approached the red light to make a right turn my car's rpms just drop completely to 0. It didn't even try to catch idle. This was about 1.5 months ago. I figured that it might be something with the tune I'm running so I called up BAMA and had them send me a fresh tune after explaining what had happened. Also, not sure if this helps or is relevant information but I had been driving on the highway for about 40 min before that and did a pull on the highway 2 min before the car died.
Second occurrence (2/25/2015):
Today while driving to work in the morning I was switching lanes and as I merged into the lane I engage the clutch fully and was braking to adjust to the speed of the vehicle in front of me and was preparing to downshift into gear, but before I could downshift the RPM's keep dropping and go past normal idle and drop to 0 again without even trying to catch idle again. So I quickly start it back up again and it drove fine after that. No idea what the hell is going on.
Anyone have any idea why my car is doing this? The car still pulls great, no hesitation, drives smooth and there are no odd or strange noises.
I have the following engine mods:
LT Headers (catted)
Catback
CAI
Tune (93 Track from Bama)
First occurrence (1.5 months ago):
I was coming up to a red light and the turn was slightly uphill. I approach the light and drop the car into neutral (clutch was fully engaged continuously at this point) and while braking, as I approached the red light to make a right turn my car's rpms just drop completely to 0. It didn't even try to catch idle. This was about 1.5 months ago. I figured that it might be something with the tune I'm running so I called up BAMA and had them send me a fresh tune after explaining what had happened. Also, not sure if this helps or is relevant information but I had been driving on the highway for about 40 min before that and did a pull on the highway 2 min before the car died.
Second occurrence (2/25/2015):
Today while driving to work in the morning I was switching lanes and as I merged into the lane I engage the clutch fully and was braking to adjust to the speed of the vehicle in front of me and was preparing to downshift into gear, but before I could downshift the RPM's keep dropping and go past normal idle and drop to 0 again without even trying to catch idle again. So I quickly start it back up again and it drove fine after that. No idea what the hell is going on.
Anyone have any idea why my car is doing this? The car still pulls great, no hesitation, drives smooth and there are no odd or strange noises.
I have the following engine mods:
LT Headers (catted)
Catback
CAI
Tune (93 Track from Bama)
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