Has anyone stalled while next to an extremely loud car, namely a trans am or camaro, i had my food on the clutch and was in 1st and he rev'd then my car stalled and rpms droped to around 300 i was like wtf and i hurry up and ran the light cause the guy keep making my car do that lol.

 

Yeah my friends make fun of me because evo's do that.

 

Im pretty sure its the knock or maf that gets scared by big mean V8's. Thats why if you run against one at an open drag event you let them go first

 

it kind of pissed me off, is there anyway to prevent that, cause now he's going to rev before i launch on purpose lol

 

i read somewhere that the sound sends a big enough disturbance in the air to throw off your maf. you're the first person ive actually heard of that it happened to though.

 

the mighty two step might have a chance with that popping and all

 

dude i almost spit out my pop while reading that.


Fbody revving making an EVO choke and stall, hahah priceless....

 

It doesnt always make you stall. Go get a redneck friend with straight pipes on their fbody and watch as your tac starts to dip.

 

could'nt you get the hks electronic idle stabilizer and some sort of grounding kit to prevent this from happening again.

 

If you keep your car up around 2000 RPM it won't stall. That's the only thing that really works. I used to have to do that in the staging lanes at the strip. Now I'm running speed density so I don't have that issue any more.

-Paul

 

Huh, my brothers long tube catless mufflerless fbody has never made me stall. But then again, he is usually way behind me




(I kid, I kid -- his car is fast, but his tires just suck.)

 

I dont see how this could be true. Ive had multiple open header cars right next to me that were so loud my ears were almost bleeding. Never had this happen...

 

Theres your problem.

 

I remember this coming up a while ago on the board, but then it kind of went away - like maybe it was an '03 issue only.

 

Nah, I think it happens to all Evo's. For example, I was stopped at a light to make a left turn and a harley passes by going straight, as soon as he passed me with his loud motorcycle, my rpm's dipped while I was in neutral and it almost stalled, but it didn't. I have an 06 IX.