Originally Posted by Oranoco
My Escort had 125,000 on it and it still made 135bhp on the rollers. Admittidly a valve failed not too long after though
The freshly built or low mileage cars seem to be the worst for dropping power. From what I've seen they seem to free up with age

I'm feeling that..........always 1 thats been ragged all its life and somehow survived and theyre always quicker for some unknown reason. Always someone else's aswell