Strange test drive

[Arun Rao]

Noelle Beaudin wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I don't know how best to explain this but here goes....
[..]
> Slugish.  That is all I can say.  So, I think something is very
> very wrong here.  From everything that I have read the 200 20v
> should be much much faster than my unmodified 5000cstq, but
> it wasn't!  And the boost gauge never read past 1.5.


[..]
> '86 5000cstq
> '02 WRX
   ^^^^^^
That's your problem right there :-)


And that's only half in jest. To me, my 200Q has never *felt* like a
particularly fast car -- I notice only that whenever I drive that car,
everyone else seems to be driving really slowly!  Informal timing
verifies that it does indeed accelerate like a demon: there just isn't
that much drama.

That said, there's almost certainly a problem if the boost gauge never
read more than 1.5 bar (do WRX's have boost gauges? I'm annoyed that my
S4 doesn't).  Many possibilities: Scott Mockry's page tells all
(www.sjmautotechnik.com).  Most are quite easy to remedy.

Good luck!

-Arun

'91 200Q
'00 S4

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Arun Rao
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