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Post by sfc » August 12, 2005

well, one or two probably will remember, I was having issues with what I thought was my clutch. Car would shake like a drunk epileptic with parkinson's when I'd start out slowly. I'll check again tommorrow, but it appears it was all from the battery (and most likely the alternator as well). That said, I installed an optima yellow top tonight and no more stutter!? New alternator will be going in next week after I move into my new house =) And have a nice driveway/garage to install at. I need to do the belts anyways.

Oh ya, she just hit 100k miles today. Just getting broken in!
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Post by Secret Squirrel » August 12, 2005

good to hear u got it sorted out!



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Post by Sean @ NDF » August 13, 2005

wierd that the battery would be causing the clutch? to fuck up...
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Post by sfc » August 13, 2005

Don't ask me. I'm not saying it was necessarily the clutch, that's just what everyone mechanics included were telling me. My guess is it was alternator combined with shitty battery. My thought is, on a slow launch, rpm's would be low, power draw on the battery would be high, and so it would be misfiring until the rpm's came up more. ??? I dunno... I know at higher rpm's it never missed a beat.
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Post by BRYCE » August 13, 2005

hmm weird, maybe the terminals in the battery were bad
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Post by sfc » August 13, 2005

embracethehorror wrote:hmm weird, maybe the terminals in the battery were bad
I think it's just because it was OLD. I have a feeling it's the battery that came with the car. I know the batter nor the alternator could keep up with my system when it was in there :>
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Post by ls.pwrd.hb. » August 13, 2005

true systems drain them like hell. were you runnin any caps with your system?
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Post by Secret Squirrel » August 13, 2005

bat caps fuckign own....they are the best investment u cna make when using a system...id buy one if i dint need the money for a motor



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Post by sfc » August 14, 2005

ya, I've had a cap, I'm just gonna buy an HO alternator too. I finally got the thing running perfectly tonight, so I'm happy. Hasn't driven/pulled like this in a LONNNNNNNNNNNNG time.
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Post by ls.pwrd.hb. » August 14, 2005

what kinda battery are you or were you runnin
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