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Old Dec 7, 2004 | 10:52 PM
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Hi,

I was just wondering how often it is recommended to get my cosworth set up?

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Old Dec 7, 2004 | 11:05 PM
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Would think a once yearly tune / rolling road check would be a very minimum requirement for a standard say 10,000 mile a year car. However if its heavily modd'ed then more regular than that and obviously after any further modifcation works to the engine.
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Old Dec 7, 2004 | 11:12 PM
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Cheers for the reply mate, I had mine mapped in feb (greens) this year and it's been off the road for a bit, it's hard to judge if it's lost power cause I find after a while you get used to the power more so start thinking there is something up or u need more power
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Old Dec 13, 2004 | 12:05 AM
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BTTT for any other advice
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Old Dec 13, 2004 | 12:18 AM
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Id say about once a year mate
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Old Dec 13, 2004 | 06:39 AM
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I would say its depending on your spec tbh, I would not be happy if it wasnt set up twice a year.
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Old Dec 13, 2004 | 07:13 AM
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depends what you use it for. once a year was ok for me but if you like track days and rolling road shootouts then i think it should be checked over more often!
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Old Dec 13, 2004 | 09:43 AM
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Cheers guys
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Old Dec 13, 2004 | 01:27 PM
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cant go wrong with twice a year, start of summer start winter
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