Easy horsepower...

[juliemac57 at hotmail.com (Julie Macfarlane)]

Never. Ever. Let an engineer near ANY machine. They will make it more 
complex just sitting in it...



Julie Macfarlane
1981 MKI 2L 16v
Amsterdam NY





>From: Marc_Scirocco_Québec <marc_scirocco@sympatico.ca>
>To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: RE: Easy horsepower...
>Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 22:45:43 -0500
>
>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
> > Envoyé : lundi 16 février 2004 22:02
> > À : 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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