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Easy horsepower...

Lol. I know the feeling. The car lost power and it felt really bad. I chased 
the problem for a few days and got more and more frustrated.
The mat on the DS had bunched up under the accellerator stoppinf it from 
going all the way down.

Most problems have simple solutions, even in complex machines  :)



Julie Macfarlane
1981 MKI 2L 16v
Amsterdam NY





>From: "David Utley" <mr.utility@highstream.net>
>Reply-To: mr.utility@highstream.net
>To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Easy horsepower...
>Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 20:24:28 -0600
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>   All this talk about the cavities in the A1s reminds me of a very simple
>mod I did that netted me a few ponies...
>   It is almost silly, but you will never know until you look...  My 
>mechanic
>noticed that I did not have full throttle when I should have...  In the
>rabbits, and more than likely in the Sciroccos (memory is fading, and ETKA
>does not show one obvious-like), there is a stop underneath the accelerator
>pedal that prevents you from mashing the pedal to the carpet...  As it 
>turns
>out in my case, that little bastard stopped me from having full throttle!  
>I
>lost about a 1/3 of movement from that thing...  I removed it, and adjusted
>the pedal so that closed and open throttle both were where they should be,
>and VOILA, mo' power!  I would recommend having someone look at the T-Body
>for you while you see where the pedal is, you can get a better idea of what
>is going on instead of depending on trial and error.
>   If anyone actually does discover a problem with theirs, let me know...  
>I
>feel better knowing that my advice is actually helpful...  :)
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