97 challenger trouble

[rockytsi]

Please watch/listen to this vid clip. My 97 challenger is stalling from idle. Orig i thought it was weak spark, but it will stay running on either cylinder. As you can hear, it appears to 'choke' and stall as i throttle-up from idle.

Any suggestions?? Please help!! Copy and paste the link below to watch. Sorry for the quality, taken on my iphone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaMwbaf_LNg

 

[Dr Honda]

Yaaahhhhhhhh...

The engine wont go past 3500 RPM's when in neutral.

Put it in froward and try again.

BUT... it sounds fine to me for bouncing off the rev limiter.

 

[Dr Honda]

One more thing... you really can't tell anything about how an engine is running if you don't have a load on it. It needs to be in the water.

 

[rockytsi]

Thanks for the prompt replies...and I got my fingers crossed for a water test tomorrow!!

To backtrack, I suspected that it was weak spark some time ago. Using a spark tester, I felt I proved I had weak spark on one side, and nil on the other. I replaced the ignition coil, plug caps, clipped the wires, and started it again. I forgot about the rev limit in neutral and assumed i hadnt found the problem (the reason i posted the video above)....i started leaning toward carb problems, though they have been cleaned regularly. When u guys replied, i just ran outside and spark-tested again with the new coil, and voila, it lit-up the night. I started it, put it in forward and it revved awesome. it appears I have fixed the problem, thanks in large part to you guys and others on this forum. I'll know for sure tomorrow, and will update this thread then.