Why has my car lost power above 4500 rpm?

1994 NISSAN 240SX
145 MILES
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RAZ611103
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Hi, in my 240sx when i accelerate, i get up to about 4000 to 4500 rpm and my engine just loses power
Instead of hitting a power band it just slowley revs up and im forced to shift. I tried advancing the distributor to see if the timing was off.
May 17, 2012 at 3:06 AM
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RASMATAZ
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Go to this walk thru links:http://www.2carpros.com/articles/engine-hesitates and http://www.2carpros.com/articles/engine-has-low-power-output
May 17, 2012 at 3:33 AM
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