No power under 3000 rpm

[xaeryan@hotmail.com (Ryan Hockenbury)]

It's a 16v Scirocco.  I got it with 160,000 miles on it, but the majority of 
the engine was rebuilt 40,000 ago (pistons, rings, wrist pins, head 
reconditioned, etc.)  When I got it, I performed the following:
Spark Plugs (Beru Silverstone)
Plug Wires (Nology)
New Air Filter (K&N)
Oil Change (15W50 synthetic)
At the local VW mechanic, I had the timing belt and all other belts 
replaced, new distributor cap, and new iginition rotor.

I also put on a TT racing downpipe (no cat) and full cat-back, and the TT 
Fuel Enrichment, so I don't think a 16.99 is what I should be getting.


>From: "Larry" <rocco16v@netzero.com>
>Reply-To: "Larry" <rocco16v@netzero.com>
>To: "Ryan Hockenbury" <xaeryan@hotmail.com>,<scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Re: No power under 3000 rpm
>Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2002 06:36:23 -0700
>
>Ryan-
>   Perform a full tune-up, you'll find the problem.
>16.99?  Well, what 'Roc do you have?  That time may not be so terrible.
>MkI 8v 1.8 NA = mid 15's  Same car on 5lbs boost = low 14's
>MkII 16V (and not all that crisp) high 15's.
>(This is at Carlsbad Raceway, where mud and snow tires are sometimes
>required on the start line....)
>Larry
>
> > I went to the drag strip today, and ran a disappointing best of 16.99...
> > what's everyone running here?  Anyway, on the way home something went
>wrong
> > with the car, and now it has no power until 3000 rpm at which point it
>bucks
> > a few times and then kicks in... it doesn't seem to be missing, and its
>got
> > new plugs, wires, timing belt, timing was adjusted, yadda yadda - all 
>the
> > stuff needed to run nicely.  There is a funny noise coming from the 
>timing
> > belt though.  It was running fine at the drag strip, though.  What did I
> > break now?
> > I'm beginning to get discouraged - even without this latest problem, a
>best
> > time of 16.99?  Yuck!  I must be losing power somewhere.
> >
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