so i got my car from a friend and she said it ran great then it broke down on her boyfriend. well i tore into it and found the timing gear on the cam was nearly round and had no teeth. i replaced that did full tune up and the car is so gutless! like it has a horrible miss. any ideas what could be causing this? car doesnt make qny weird noises or burn any fuids. but if while driving i mash the pedal trans down shifts and it revs and sounds like i should be doing 100 mph instead of 25 mph. car honestly feels like something is dragging but rolls nice and smooth nothing appears tobe dragging. im stumped
severely gutless!
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give some more detail.. year make model of car. all stock? or aftermarket transmission and engine??? sounds like a transmission issue to me but i'm no mechanic.
oh yea it drives nice while in drive it just lacks power. so i dont think its the transmission but i may be wrong
Well it is only a 260ci. You can fix it by takeing the engine out of the car and putting it in a dumpster that would make it better. Really the motors didnt really have a ton of power they were built to just be driven they really cant get out of ther own way in my opinion. I junked mine and went with the 455ci BBO and it is much more driveable. Im not a big fan of the 260 if you hadnt picked up on that by the way
im talking barely gets out of its own way. yea i hear and see the miss motor shakes bad ill try to get a video of it
BaggedCutty said:
Go find a used Olds 350 or 403 and bolt it in. They're still out there and they're cheap. Do NOT spend any time or money on that 260...there is no point. Even a 1980-85 307 would be a step up.
Sounds like the timing is off did you set up the cam and crank right, sounds like the timing is retarded. Try putting a couple of degrees in it.
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