Re: i've lost power?
02-21-2005, 09:44 AM
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Re: i've lost power?
Timing belt fit wrongly.
pio wrote:
> ok,my engine died last week,and after replacing the fuel pump,timing belt
> and spark plugs,my car has better off the line power,but i have noticed
> severe loss of power after starting acceleration,its taking what seems to be
> twice as long to gather up rpms,and the higher the rpms,the longer it takes
> to go higher.
> example (not accurate just to give you an idea)
> before,it would stutter until 2k rpm,then take off to redline within say 1
> second.
> now,no stutter,but after 2k rpm it seems to be take more like 3 seconds to
> redline (again,this is not true times,just an attempt to make it easier to
> understand my question)
>
> timing is correct,as is TDC and such,what would be causing this power
> loss,and what can i do/add to fix this? it seems to be in the middle to high
> power band,as lower (2500 and below rpm) seems to have gotten quite faster.
>
> i've heard intakes,headers and exhaust may help with this,any other
> suggestions? i don;t want to go drop 300 bucks for an intake just to help
> with power loss i did not have before
>
>
pio wrote:
> ok,my engine died last week,and after replacing the fuel pump,timing belt
> and spark plugs,my car has better off the line power,but i have noticed
> severe loss of power after starting acceleration,its taking what seems to be
> twice as long to gather up rpms,and the higher the rpms,the longer it takes
> to go higher.
> example (not accurate just to give you an idea)
> before,it would stutter until 2k rpm,then take off to redline within say 1
> second.
> now,no stutter,but after 2k rpm it seems to be take more like 3 seconds to
> redline (again,this is not true times,just an attempt to make it easier to
> understand my question)
>
> timing is correct,as is TDC and such,what would be causing this power
> loss,and what can i do/add to fix this? it seems to be in the middle to high
> power band,as lower (2500 and below rpm) seems to have gotten quite faster.
>
> i've heard intakes,headers and exhaust may help with this,any other
> suggestions? i don;t want to go drop 300 bucks for an intake just to help
> with power loss i did not have before
>
>
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