On Jul 16, 2:01 am, "Jack Galvin" <Jack...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 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
My previous post seemed to have vanished into the ether, so apologies
if this is a double. Seems that others have already addressed your
low end power issues.
> but loses its urge completely
> around 5500 and doesn't really want to pull up to the redline.
For any non-16 valve and non-turbo 944, lack of breath at around 5,500
rpm is "normal." That's why ****sche produced 16-valve and turbo 944s
- to improve breathing and get useful power in the rpm range.
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