No power under 3000 rpm

[mvanamburgh@charter.net (Mike VanAmburgh)]

What's your 60' time?  Maybe you're not launching hard enough.

Mike

Ryan Hockenbury wrote:
> 
> 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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