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Could this have been fuel starvation? I was taking a right hand turn on-ramp pretty hard but it didn't start to die immediately, it started when I almost got to

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Old 06-07-2014, 03:50 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Could this have been fuel starvation? I was taking a right hand turn on-ramp pretty hard but it didn't start to die immediately, it started when I almost got to redline right after making the turn.
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with only 2 dots and under hard/full acceleration that little fuel cup/bucket can be drained faster than it fills up

Probably a safe bet to never do that under a 1/4 tank of gas so you dont lean out and break something expensive
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Could this have been fuel starvation? I was taking a right hand turn on-ramp pretty hard but it didn't start to die immediately, it started when I almost got to redline right after making the turn.
Yea, that sounds like you had the right hand turn fuel starve problem.
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