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RE: 16v Question
Hey Tony,
Yep, I always run 93... anything less and the KS lops off 50hp...
so, btw, I know it's working. :)
Cap & Rotor have about 20k on them, so I'll check them out...
But it looks like I'm going to a local Dyno Day this weekend in
Pittsburgh--- I'll be able to compare directly to my baseline when the car
was unmistakably running great-- should be interesting... I just have to
mount my old wheels back on. :)
Jason
At 11:55 AM 4/8/2000 , Anthony Pelletier wrote:
>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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