RE: 16v Question

[Anthony Pelletier <vwnuts@yahoo.com>]

Hi, a couple of suggestions/things to look at for you
guys.  

fuel grade -are you running 93?  It makes a big
difference on my car.

also check the knock sensor connection.  I cleaned
mine and used di- electric grease (hopefully to keep
it from corroding again) on mine and found a whole
bunch of lost power.  Like brett said a look at the
cap and rotor would also be a good idea.  I believe
they are good for  20K miles (or do I change mine way
to frequently).  

.02
Tony

--- Shannon Fenton <sfenton@amazon.com> wrote:
> 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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