Car won\'t rev past 5k
The last two weeks have been great fun with this car.
2000 ZX3 5-Speed with about 97k on it. I tried to start it the Saturday before last and it cranked but nothing. After a day of towing and diagnosis from the dealer I was tracking down parts to change out the timing belt. That took about a week. Last weekend I dove in and changed out the timing belt (Ford OEM), idler, tensioner, cam gears (for a set of used Kent gears), crank pulley for a used FS UDP and new Goodyear belt) and an Esslinger intake cam. Long story short, the clearance on the Esslinger cam was about .20-.25 mm to wide even when using their shims so the stocker went back in this weekend. The gears are at 0/0 right now. They're within a fraction of a degree of dead on (the tool was a fraction of a mm away from sliding back when when checking after rotating the engine twice). I buttoned up the motor and crossed my fingers.
The car runs decently. Problem is that it absolutely will not rev over about 5k. I know the engine is non-interference so there shouldn't be any damage from the belt going or the mis-configured Esslinger cam). What I did notice is that I've got a nice little dent on the cat pipe (after the cat, before the flex pipe connection). I don't recall it being there, but maybe it was. I'm guessing it came from the tow truck. If not, then it was there when my car was running right.
Can anyone think of anything that could be "choking" my motor and not letting it rev over 5k? Prior to the timing belt going it'd rev over 7k just fine. I think I know where I can get a used cat locally to swap out. If that doesn't do it then I'm not sure where to start. I do have a SCT XCal2 so I can log if anyone has any suggestions on things to check into.
Thanks for any suggestions!
The last two weeks have been great fun with this car.
The car runs decently. Problem is that it absolutely will not rev over about 5k. I know the engine is non-interference so there shouldn't be any damage from the belt going or the mis-configured Esslinger cam). What I did notice is that I've got a nice little dent on the cat pipe (after the cat, before the flex pipe connection). I don't recall it being there, but maybe it was. I'm guessing it came from the tow truck. If not, then it was there when my car was running right.
Can anyone think of anything that could be "choking" my motor and not letting it rev over 5k? Prior to the timing belt going it'd rev over 7k just fine. I think I know where I can get a used cat locally to swap out. If that doesn't do it then I'm not sure where to start. I do have a SCT XCal2 so I can log if anyone has any suggestions on things to check into.
Thanks for any suggestions!