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kazazza
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28th May 11 at 23:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Hey guys, as you all know, our motors tend to lose some bhp over time and use, for example my 1.6 when made was putting out about 104bhp, but 12 years later what can I expect? 80/90bhp?

My question is, other than an engine rebuild and mods, what can I do to try and breathe some life back into it?

Thanks
IvIarkgraham
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28th May 11 at 23:50   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
serviced and maintained it shouldn't lose that much

i have never had one read less than standard
richc
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29th May 11 at 18:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
New Ht leads, full service.
LeeM
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29th May 11 at 18:24   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
if its been looked after it shouldnt have lost anything. its a myth generated by top gear that every car does this.
Daveskater
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29th May 11 at 20:57   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
What Lee said. I had my old car rolling road tested twice, one year apart at the same place. The second year round it produced 3bhp more than the previous year, and it was 10 years old.

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harrisp
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29th May 11 at 20:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by LeeM
if its been looked after it shouldnt have lost anything. its a myth generated by top gear that every car does this.


this, it winds me up when all the top gear experts come out with this.
AndyKent
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29th May 11 at 21:05   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
To be fair they are comparing 70s/80s more exotic cars most of the time, not a 1990s shopping cart.
Eddx14xe
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29th May 11 at 21:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Werent they also cheap supercars that hadnt been maintained well
LeeM
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29th May 11 at 21:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
very cheap knackered supercars which didnt run right anyway, but also at the time they were made they were in a high state of tune anyway for the time using older technology.
so now anyone who saw that episode used to tell me my saxo wont have had 120bhp+ because it was old and was probably only about 60bhp
mike56gte
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29th May 11 at 22:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
my XE corsa made 156bhp at the fly on the rollers at a CS rolling road day. all it had was a full stainless exhaust
Ricky352
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29th May 11 at 23:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I had my Corsa rolling roaded at about 60k and it hadn't lost any bhp.

My Nova was made with 55hp 26 years ago

 
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