Loss of power...

[smithma7 at gmail.com (Mike Smith)]

OK, I guess it's time to save money to give to Peter... 'cuz I'm goin' TT,
baby!

On 10/5/05, Neptuno <neptunonc@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> *Mike Smith <smithma7@gmail.com>* wrote:
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> I ran this by Roger a few weeks ago whilst at a local gtg and he thinks
> that
> the culprit is my exhaust leak. I'd like to hear what the rest of you say
> (has nothing to do with not trusting your judgement, Roger!).
>
> And, AFAIK, the leak is the only real problem with the car atm... on to
> the
> symptoms: When I push the RPMs past 5K, I lose all response/power. Not
> loss
> of power in the sense the car dies, but in the sense that I have no more
> go.
> Roger said that the leak was making it so there was not enough back
> pressure
> to allow the engine to give the power I'm asking for. Also, when I rev in
> nuetral, I can go up and beyond 5K with no ill effects. Only happens
> whilst
> in gear and under load.
>
> What say you, list?
>
> I think I would have to agree with that observation. Years ago when i was
> tooling aroung on my bug, I went into a ditch. The result of my
> miscalculation landed my car into a dive that was stoped by a little tree
> stup. My exhaust headers for the bug cought the stump and stop me from going
> further. I had it towed out of the ditch and the headers were disconected at
> that point. The car ran, but on trying to accelerate it would loose power
> and stamina at higher revs. It is safe to say that there was not enough back
> pressure created to properly distribute the power that was needed.
>
>  I would think yes, fix the exhaust you have to do that anyhow.
>
>  HTH,
>
>  El Tony
>
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Mike
'86 red 16v (Red 5)