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[D"w!Z]

my 1.2 8v now at 47k seems to pull faster than ever! ive been racing 1.4s no prob is this permanent or jus due to climate change?

 

[dk]

please no stories of racing, they are not allowed under the rules of the forum.

Thanks

 

[Clarkie172]

Quote: Originally posted by dfifty1 on 21 July 2005

my 1.2 8v now at 47k seems to pull faster than ever! ive been racing 1.4s no prob is this permanent or jus due to climate change?

they ease up the more u drive them mate. supposidly around the 40-50 mark it loosens uup nicely! those 1.4s, where they at santa pod? the climate will make it slower if anything mate.

 

[MickelMann]

Supposedly you loose 4bhp every degree in heat over the normal temperature of the car

 

[number1]

my valver has been really sluggish these past few weeks, goes like stink when the nights are cold tho. need to fabricate a refrigerated inlet manifold! lol

Dave