speaking of 16 valve engines - anyone want one? I have one for sale, I'm
about to part it out
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> 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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