Paul_J
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
Location: London
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yeh yeh - I know Sxi's aren't powerful.
basically I got my car RR'd a while ago (graph below) and the guy showed that my power was dropping off after about 4.2k rpm because my air flow meter was messed up, and thus it wasn't pumping enough fuel in higher up the revs.
Anyway, just fitted a new AFM (cheers Scott M) - reset my ECU and taken it for a drive, and it feels a lot better after 4.5k ... in 3rd gear it keeps pulling strong (on the close ratio gear box) to 5800ish RPM
Also sorted a couple of flat spots that I had on my graph where it'd suddenly dip while accelerating... dunno if its that perfect - too much traffic on the dual carriage ways / motorways to check - but I'll give it a blast later.
The guy said my car was definately a 75 bhp corsa standard, so with the air filter + full straight through exhaust system, if I get my car dyno'd again to check its alright I should be looking at 80'ish bhp. which compared to most cars is shit. but its nippy enough.
Plus people like Steve (snowy) and mattb will vouch for how I take my corners / roundabouts  - who needs to accelerate when you don't slow down in the first place 
Paul J
[Edited on 03-01-2004 by Paul_J]
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Andy Stocker
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Registered: 31st Aug 00
Location: Herts Drives: Porsche 911
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You don't slow down at roundabouts???
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Paul_J
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
Location: London
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nah - car struggles to go fast enough to need to slow down
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Red_SXi
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Registered: 23rd Sep 02
Location: Dunstable Drives: 52 Plate BMW 3 M Sport Coupe
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Paul it was only a month ago you were considering a 1.6 16v Engine conversion
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Paul_J
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
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can't get insured on a 1.6 16v or it'd be too expensive atm.
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