Easy horsepower...

[marc_scirocco at sympatico.ca (Marc_Scirocco_Québec)]

Would a MKI qualify as a complex machine?

Cheers.

Marc
'83 Scirocco
'97 A4

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
> [mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org]De la part de Julie Macfarlane
> Envoy? : lundi 16 f?vrier 2004 22:02
> ? : mr.utility@highstream.net; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Objet : RE: 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
> >
> >
> >
> >   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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