why?

[Chaos]

ok some people on here told me to get a 470 microwhatever capactior so i did....installed it still doesnt work....do i need a bigger one or what?? it only goes off when i rev up to 3,000 or higher....like when im on the highway it constantly goes off never shutting off unless i switch it off......i have a air intake and a huge muffler....so it makes ALOT of noise....and the noise im positive is what is makin it go off

[SmaartAasSaabr]

The noise, like, aural noise?! :shock:

Maybe wrap the RD in a sweater or something and see if it still happens?

[compu44]

If it's still doing it and the cap is installed correctly, then chances are that your distributor cap has a problem.

Mind taking a pic of the capacitor installed to verify it was done correctly?

[stalker]

ok some people on here told me to get a 470 microwhatever capactior so i did....installed it still doesnt work....do i need a bigger one or what?? it only goes off when i rev up to 3,000 or higher....like when im on the highway it constantly goes off never shutting off unless i switch it off......i have a air intake and a huge muffler....so it makes ALOT of noise....and the noise im positive is what is makin it go off

Hmm I doubt it is the noise that makes it go off, I have a 5.7Ltr V8 with twin exhausts and modded airbox and i dont hear a peep outta my detector...

Maybee it is a EMP or somthing, get a ferite coil and wrap the power lead around it, this may clear it up.

[Chaos]

well the only thing it has to be is that....going through the town in 3rd gear and 1,500 it doesnt make a sound....i switch down and it revs to 3,000 and it chirps.....i know for a fact i dont have a distrobutor cap prob because i just got it replaced about 2 weeks ago....this is what the hookup i did looks like:

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/3303/diagram2cs.jpg

[stalker]

WOW you should be a graphic designer hahaa

Id say get a ferite coil, wrap the power lead around it 2 times and see if that fixes it...I did have that prob with the drive smart due to my big motor and massive EMP, as soon as i put the ferite coil on it fixed it straight away.

If ya need to know what one looks like let me know and I will get a pic for ya.

Cheers

[AirMoore]

ok some people on here told me to get a 470 microwhatever capactior so i did....installed it still doesnt work....do i need a bigger one or what?? it only goes off when i rev up to 3,000 or higher....like when im on the highway it constantly goes off never shutting off unless i switch it off......i have a air intake and a huge muffler....so it makes ALOT of noise....and the noise im positive is what is makin it go off

Hmm I doubt it is the noise that makes it go off, I have a 5.7Ltr V8 with twin exhausts and modded airbox and i dont hear a peep outta my detector...

In agree I doubt its the noise I have a ZX-7R with a full back racing exhaust... and I have never had it cause any problems with my detectors on it even in closed enviroments at 10,000RPM+....

I also have had an array of systems in my car over 140db, never had a problem with any of the RD's going off... (They DID [along w/the RVM] decide to fall off the windshield sometimes though...thats how come I never would turn the volume to the point where it would do this if I had any detector over 100bucks up there) Again it isnt the noise.

[SmaartAasSaabr]

well the only thing it has to be is that....going through the town in 3rd gear and 1,500 it doesnt make a sound....i switch down and it revs to 3,000 and it chirps.....i know for a fact i dont have a distrobutor cap prob because i just got it replaced about 2 weeks ago....this is what the hookup i did looks like:

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/3303/diagram2cs.jpg

That doesn't look quite right... Shouldn't it be in series with the detector?

Sounds very distributor / ignition ish. MAYBE alternator but it sounds very ignitiony. How are your plug wires? The rotor?

[Chaos]

everything in that car is new except the engine itself....i just got new sparkplug wires about 1 month ago....and can u show me a pic of that Ferite coil and can u tell me where i can get one and how to set it up please and thanks guys!

[AirMoore]

ignitiony.

Canadian Dictionary says: A word often used in place of any existing English word/term; often times used to describe a problem dealing with the area of the ignition on an automobile. First used by 'SmaartAasSaabr' Saturday January 7th 2006.

Just thought I would help out anyone not knowing that word SmaartAasSaabr (Since I have the all coveted Canadian Translations/Dictionary Text).