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Old Aug 2, 2005 | 04:36 PM
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Default Feels like loads of lag :(

I put my foot down in the S2 and it seems to take forever to actually go. It used to pull really quickly and really well but it just seems flat at the moment. Rag it in one geat and change up and it just seems so slow to come on boost in the next gear

Any ideas before its FordFair run is abandoned?
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Old Aug 2, 2005 | 05:38 PM
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Take it for a run round the M25, bet its just the cobwebs from where you have kept it garaged for so long, I mean when was the last time you took it out?

And remember its a bit heavier and more stable than the fezzer
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Old Aug 2, 2005 | 08:35 PM
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remember aswell in the summer with the warm air etc, its not as crisp as it in the winter/autumn
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Old Aug 2, 2005 | 10:06 PM
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Cracked turbine housing?
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Old Aug 3, 2005 | 11:53 AM
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Will get poking around when I get home and see if I can find any splits or cracks in anything
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Old Aug 3, 2005 | 11:56 AM
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my car seems like it has more lag with the T4 comp wheel, cos the turbo
builders built it wrong again
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Old Aug 3, 2005 | 01:00 PM
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Incorrectly adjusted Actuator. Thats the likely one IMO. Maybe its holding the Wastegate open.
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Was fine though it's just been like this since I got it out from my garage. Nothings been touched on it
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Old Aug 5, 2005 | 11:53 AM
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That's it. I have poked and prodded and checked and fiddled and I'll be buggered if I can find the problem. Rob at SCC Performance has stepped in though and she will be looked at tomorrow so all being well she'll be fine for FordFair on Sunday
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Old Aug 5, 2005 | 07:49 PM
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Mine feels like that sometimes Steve but a good run usually sorts it out
Sure it will be nothing major , well it shouldn't be as you haven't driven it for a while
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