abodyjoe
Well-Known Member
so sunday evening we decided to take the dart out for a cruise to atlantic city for some dinner.. on the way the thing is falling on its face and breaking up at about half throttle.. at about 75mph its a mess. at 70mph its fine.. driving me nuts.... the car was fine the last time i drove it..
then i remember that the RTR msd dist has a built in rev limiter and its acting almost like a rev limiter..
i find a rest stop and pull over pop the hood and there is the grey wire used to set the limiter sitting perfectly on the dist hold down to where the blade inside the connector could possible ground itself and set the limiter.... so i had jamie google the dist instructions on her phone and find out how to set the limiter.. you set it by bringing the rpm to 1/2 your desired limit and grounding that grey wire for about 1 second..
so not having any tools and not wanting to stick my hand down in that hot area i'm trying to see whats in the wires reach that i could ground it to and reset the damn limiter.. ended up getting a good enough ground on the corner of the wiper motor..lol.. so i had jamie rev the engine from inside while i grounded the wire.. the motor took off on her so she let off the throttle.. i thought she had revved it like that at first and she said it did it by itself so i figured it was reset..
slammed the hood down and ahhhh its fixed... thing must have grounded while i was cruising around town at a low rpm which set it the limiter real low..
so i guess when putting the car together and kinda rushing to get it done for ocean city last year i just let the wire hang,, should have taped the connector and tied the wire up so it couldn't do that.. guess thats what happens when you are in rush.. ya get stupid and over look something so stupid...
the rest of the ride there and home was a lot of fun... damn that thing really pulls on the highway..
then i remember that the RTR msd dist has a built in rev limiter and its acting almost like a rev limiter..
i find a rest stop and pull over pop the hood and there is the grey wire used to set the limiter sitting perfectly on the dist hold down to where the blade inside the connector could possible ground itself and set the limiter.... so i had jamie google the dist instructions on her phone and find out how to set the limiter.. you set it by bringing the rpm to 1/2 your desired limit and grounding that grey wire for about 1 second..
so not having any tools and not wanting to stick my hand down in that hot area i'm trying to see whats in the wires reach that i could ground it to and reset the damn limiter.. ended up getting a good enough ground on the corner of the wiper motor..lol.. so i had jamie rev the engine from inside while i grounded the wire.. the motor took off on her so she let off the throttle.. i thought she had revved it like that at first and she said it did it by itself so i figured it was reset..
slammed the hood down and ahhhh its fixed... thing must have grounded while i was cruising around town at a low rpm which set it the limiter real low..
so i guess when putting the car together and kinda rushing to get it done for ocean city last year i just let the wire hang,, should have taped the connector and tied the wire up so it couldn't do that.. guess thats what happens when you are in rush.. ya get stupid and over look something so stupid...
the rest of the ride there and home was a lot of fun... damn that thing really pulls on the highway..
