Well, if this were a first gen MR2, I'd say you'd slipped a timing belt
tooth on one of the camshafts (happened to us at a road race - figured it
out _after_ changing the fuel pump.)
Kevin McCormick
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Smokerbros@aol.com [mailto:Smokerbros@aol.com]
> Sent: Monday, March 08, 1999 12:41 PM
> To: autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: MR-2 stops running at 5500 rpm???
>
>
> Well, our C/Stock MR-2 pulled a new one today. At 5500 rpm,
> it suddenly goes
> flat and sounds very sour, not the "bump-bump-bump" of the
> rev limiter, but
> sort of the same effect as far as acceleration - IT STOPS
> HAPPENING! And
> before you say "Yeah, MR-2s run out of power at about
> 5500..." it's much more
> dramatic than just the normal running out of power. We've
> seen that before,
> it's really unhappy. Plugs look fine, maybe a bit lean, no
> "Check Engine"
> light, or codes stored in the computer, and we've picked up a bit of
> detonation at part throttle acceleration at the same time.
>
> Any ideas???
>
> CHD
>
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