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Posted by 8Notch9 (Member # 2901) on :

I was driving the 03 today and the stock radio just stopped. I'm thinking no big deal because I wanted a better one anyway. So I make the turn onto Hilltop and kick the blower on just to accelerate. I am talking maybe 4-5 lbs of boost. The thing try to die. Everytime the blower kicked on I lost all power from the engine. Without the blower it runs decent but nothing great. Has this happened to anyone?

Posted by 03SVTPower (Member # 518) on :

Possibly the altenator? [Confused]

The blower drives the alt. soooo....hmmm dunno just throwin stuff out there!

Posted by 89foxstang (Member # 5908) on :

Sounds like it could be a low voltage problem, and when you go up in rpms it doesnt have the power to fire the injectors and or fire the air fuel mixture off?? id go to kragen or something to check the battery and or charging system first.

Posted by ModularMotorz (Member # 5954) on :

ur engine prob.... dunno. would need more info. on a side note the stock radio sucks. mine has probs too. the volume control is broken so sometimes when trying to lower the volume the damn thing raises. [Razz]

hopefully you have warranty [Confused]

Posted by 8Notch9 (Member # 2901) on :

Thanks for the input. Replaced the battery and I should have tested the alternator. Went out tonight and the same thing happened so I am guessing that it is the alternator. When this happened on other cars it felt totally different. Thanks for everything.

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