Originally Posted by
Red_bull
Shame you replaced parts without really having an idea where the issue is. That money could have gone into a spare box. First of all the starting issue is something that shouldn't happen. Find the cause of it and maybe you will gain power.
Check your timing, as its stock its a easy thing to do and you might gain hp
Its simple. Check if fuel path is good, check there are no air leaks and make sure iginition is fine. For sure you got trouble on fueling. So start there
I have run over 200bhp and the box never gave in. Now running 180 or sg and box is fine. If you break a box at around 180 bhp you shouldn't go for upgrade directly. Just take a next stock. If you break it you are just unlucky. And i know its your daily, but if you buy a del sol you buy somebody else his trouble. That car might fail you just as bad as the escort.
You assume i just replaced parts without having an idea. My coil was done and i had Big problems with the car setting out under acceleration, so i replaced it with a magnetti marelli, after i did that, i had a Big spark jumping between my new coil and the lead. So i replaced Those too, Got new plugs, and had the timing set, which helped.
But i thought it Would be a god idea to mention that Those parts have Been replaced, so People didn't have to suggest that, and i had to turn it down. The new parts was necessary.
Yes that's always a risk. I have just heard so Many People talk about the reliability of the vti engine, and my experrince with the cvh engine is that there's always something wrong. I have owned a xr3i cabriolet, and now the rst, and even though i love the cars, i have only had trouble with them, although i still find it hard to give it up because there's something about Those cars. So the decision haven't Been made yet, but i'm very interested in other People's opinion
