Got *Cat* off 89 200 Turbo and drove car ~~~~

[LL - NY]

10V 2.2 NA I-5's had between 110 - 115 BHP. 89  100 Auto's had 115, slow,
but hardly "undrivable".

LL - NY

On 6/7/05, Chris Thorp <thorp at spacia.org> wrote:
> Cat ^. .^ ~ wrote:
> 
> >My hubby took the cat off and it drives about the same.
> >Not much power.   I will say that it was a smidgin better
> >but not good enough to get to Phoenix dealership yet.
> >Hardly any power.
> >
> >
> >
> Ok.  This is a good piece of data to know.
> 
> >So that leaves the Turbo I assume......
> >
> >
> >
> I would actually assume otherwise.  Your descriptions seem to indicate
> that it doesn't even have enough power to drive it anywhere.  When
> functioning correctly without the turbo, you should still have over
> 100HP, at a guess.  Anyone know what an NA10v has for power?  My NA 20v
> CQ had 164HP.  I would venture that anything over 75HP or so would be
> enough to drive the car around, albet in a far less fun fashion than
> you're used to.  If it doesn't even have that, I'd suspect that there
> are other issues at play.
> 
> It really sounds like you got a mechanic who tried to "tune-up" your CIS
> without actually knowing how to do it.  That would explain why it got
> worse everytime you brought it in.  I know it has been suggested, but
> have you pulled the codes yet?  Without seeing the car firsthand, I
> would suggest finding a mechanic that knows CIS for a CIS adjustment
> before doing anything with the turbo.
> 
> -Chris
> _______________________________________________
> quattro mailing list
> quattro at audifans.com
> http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/quattro
>