RE: 16v Question

["Shannon Fenton" <sfenton@amazon.com>]

I would be interested in this as well. In the past 4 months my 16V seems to
have died power wise. I cant keep up with a stock 16V any more and after a
ride in bone stock 16V I can confirm I have nowhere near the power. I have a
intake cam, exhuast, and airbox and filter mods. In fifth gear I can
noticably floor it and feel no accleration, just a very increase in
speed...hmm havnt checked the throttle switch though....BTW I now have
216,000 on the motor.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
[mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of 16v Jason
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 12:20 PM
To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: 16v Question


Hey guys,
	Quick question for those of you with 16Vs:  At idle, if you manually hit
the Full Throttle Enrichment microswitch on the throttle body, do your revs
raise and/or the note of the engine change?  What about when the car is
just off-idle, so that the Idle microswitch is un-pressed?

	The reason I'm asking:  My 16V is running great, but it feels a little
slower than it used to, and sounds (and feels) a bit flat.  I have *no*
power over 6000... This car has always run this way, but I'm noticing the
drop-off at higher RPMs more than I used to.  I did a few G-Tech runs,
which confirmed my guess.

	My best 0-60 run was 8.7 seconds.  Remember, I'm running <heavy> 15"
wheels, so I expected it to be slightly above 8 seconds, but I was shocked
that the best run was so high.  This run was achieved by shifting between
6000 and 6200 in each gear.

	Then, I decided to run the engine out to 7200 in each gear before
shifting.  I did this for 3 runs-- and got staggeringly low 0-60 times --
11.2, 11.4, and 11.6 seconds.... so it's confirmed that there's a nasty
power loss.

	Any help would be appreciated.


Thanks,
Jason




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1989 Mercedes 190E Sport Euro


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