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Originally Posted by Paul Workman
Assuming you have a "FULL POWER" indicator when the secondary's switch is ON, no codes, then I wonder now if you've got the "accordion" plastic intake tube is collapsing syndrome.
Mine was collapsing, at around 5000 rpm and falling on its nose too. It is a common problem with those old plastic "snorkels" - especially when the under-hood or ambient air temps are on the warm side. However there is cheap and easily fixed either by installing some of Marc's wire hoops to support the tube, or do as I did and build a sheet metal sleeve that slides inside the tube to smooth the air flow and keep the tube from collapsing.
Just a thought!
P.
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Hi Paul,
I will go out and purchase a stocking, make a temporary air filter and eliminate the snorkel to see if that is the issue. I have doubts on the snorkel theory as the car is smooth to 4500-5000 ish with the power key off, when the key is in the full power position, the car does all kinds of miss behaving prior to hitting the 5000 mark.
Thanks for the input, I'll likely get to this around Wednesday... have lots of crazy project work to do this week.
Thanks again
Jonathan