I have an 86 944 with 124k. Runs nice and smooth but idles maybe a tad
rough at times, but not too bad. I was driving a friends 84 944 the other
day and noticed that his car had a lot more power in the lower rev range,
below 4000. If you rolled on the throttle around 2-3,000 rpm it really
pulled strong, where mine has almost no pull at the same speed. It starts
to pull harder as it should around 4000rpm but loses its urge completely
around 5500 and doesn't really want to pull up to the redline.
I know the previous owner installed new plugs in 2002 before i bought it
(at
95k) but I think the plug wires/rotor/distributor might be original. The
wires look to be cracked and brittle. I just replaced the air and fuel
filters. Is my performance likely lacking due to old ignition equipment,
or
could I also be looking at dirty injectors among other things? I'm
especially interested in why my engine doesn't pull strong at lower revs
compared to other 944s?
Thanks!
