Engine bay updates.
Finally decided to install my Mazdaspeed plug wires over the weekend. What usually is a 5 minute job turned out to be a 2 hr job because of all the aftermarket crap I had blocking access to the plug wires.
Had to remove in order......
1. Cowl cover
2. Engine damper
3. 3pt strut bar
4. JetStream Sparkplug Cover
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Couldn't fully take out the strut bar thanks to the longer studs on the Tein Basis coilovers.
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Too bad these will be covered ...they look so good.
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A few weeks back I bought these stealth black C clamps from Sure Motorsports for my AutoExe intake. Sometimes I think I spend to much money on dress up items.
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Installed.
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And....a month ago I decided to reroute the Map/Boost vacuum lines on the passenger side of the engine bay. I moved all of these solenoids and sensors to the back of the fuse box were they are kinda hidden.
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Bracket that got removed.
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The next day after doing this vacuum reroute I drove the car to the airport to drop off my roommate and the car lost all power as I was leaving the terminal..... no acceleration whatsoever. I was coming down a ramp so with the momentum i managed to roll the car down and pullover. I didn't turn off the car and the idle seemed fine...I popped the hood and went straight to my rerouted vacuum lines....I figured a line must of kinked or collapsed since I did a very sloppy job and kinda just jammed all of those lines in that corner of the engine bay. I jiggled and moved them around ....and went back inside the car and turned it off. I turned the car back on and rev'd the engine and I had power again. Ever since this incident the car has been running like crap thou.
Car idles perfect with no CEL but I have no top end power under hard acceleration. Exhaust sounds louder than usual. Most power seems to be lost at 3,500 rpm's and higher. I can't really get it to rev above 4,000 rpm's unless the car is in park or neutral..even then it only goes up to 5k ish.
I figured I might have a clogged cat so I purchased a IR gun to check the temperatures of the inlet and outlet spots of the cat but the inlet was cooler than the outlet. 315 F inlet 375 F outlet. So I kinda ruled that out...Unless those temperatures are too hot?
I also did other maintenance stuff to see it would help...clean air filer, replace old pvc valve, change plug wires, test camshaft sensor with a new one....none of it helped. One thing I did noticed a bit strange was that the vacuum cap that is located on top of the intake manifold near the throttle body was almost 3/4 of the way out. It must of moved when the car lost power.
What else could it be? Fuel pump? Clogged fuel filter? Timing belt skipped a tooth? Did my MAP/boost sensor mess up? or the vacuum solenoids connected to it?
Any help/suggestions would be great.