I got engine problems...I think

[Avus_325is]

Last night I was messing around driving beside my buddy's Corrado kind of riding next to him then dropping it down a cog and pulling away, stupid shit on a boring friday night. But anyway I started to pull away in second gear at one point and when I got to about 5 grand it was like my car hit the rev limiter, I was thrown forward a bit in my seat and could hear a weak pooof from the exhaust, like it was going to backfire but without the bang.

I had some thoughts to what it might be:
-bad injectors
-clogged exhaust (my cat's getting real rusty on the outside i can imagine what it's like inside)
-some sort of afm problem

Anybody have a clue to what it may be? Is the engine on it's last leg ? Any ideals are appreciated.

[nando]

broken rocker arm?

[Spaz]

broken rocker arm?

amen.

[Avus_325is]

No deffinately not a broken rocker arm, the car is still driveing fine, and I only feel it happen at high rpms. I had seen that sometimes rocker arms can float over time in m20 race engines could this be what is happening?

[randomtask37]

if u were going uphill and/or were low on fuel it coulda just been choaked of fuel. happens to my car every once in a while. (only when uphill)

[Avus_325is]

Nah, I live on the eastern shore of maryland, flat as a pancake everywhere.

[M42Technik]

Nah, I live on the eastern shore of maryland, flat as a pancake everywhere.

With many long, LONG straights. And many twisty, TWISTY mountain roads. :up:

[Avus_325is]

long straights and twisties galore, but not so many mountian roads. I love to drive over in western maryland though, me and my cousin have a dope spot out around clearspring that are to die for.

[EtaSport]

long straights and twisties galore, but not so many mountian roads. I love to drive over in western maryland though, me and my cousin have a dope spot out around clearspring that are to die for.

word... where do you go in clear spring man? I live 3 miles from downtown(yea how huge clear spring is!). There is a nice straight right out of town where I run my chevy to "tune" it. Whats the name of the road? I'll check it out when I get a chance.

[Avus_325is]

To tell you the truth I have no clue what the name of the road is. My cousin always leads. I'll have to let you know next time i'm up that way, we'll meet up for sure.