Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 07:00:48 +0100 From: "DervMan" <thedervmannospaml.com> Subject: Re: Dead Cheap Performance Enhancement
"Paul Halliday" <pjghnospamyonder.co.uk> wrote in message news:C1152B9C.3FD%pjghnospamyonder.co.uk... > Happy as I was with my car's performance (1989 C900 T8 Special), I'm in > the > process of replenishing various things under the bonnet as a kind of > maintenance that gets a little overlooked on old cars. > > I happened across a new set of Bougicord leads for just over 20 quid > (available from <http://www.nospam.com/> if anyone else is > interested), which is a very good price indeed. I popped the leads on this > evening and we went for a drive ... WOW! WHAT A DIFFERENCE! Surely, the old leads were shot? Funky leads merely retain the power output of the engine rather than improve it... > Where the car jumped to the split between the yellow and red zones on the > APC gauge before, now and again, I could hear the wastegate smash open and > the power drop a little. Now, the car leaps up to just into the red with a > final surge that is like a little second boost (it's not boost creep, > don't > worry :) ) with a kind of internal organ re-organising surge! Just as it should! ;) > It just goes to show what a car in stock form can be like when well tuned. > It just feels right ... Really strong and very planted on the road. I'm a > happy chappy ... Easy to please, but a happy chappy nevertheless :) > > Night all ... New vacuum lines tomorrow ... It's all the little bits and pieces that refresh an engine that's seen some of the world and one of the reasons why people think a 100,000 mile donk is tired. It isn't, it's nicely run in, but benefits from lots of bits being replaced. -- The DervMan www.dervman.com
