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Old 11-May-2010 | 01:21 AM
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Car feels really sluggish and dead past 3k rpms

my car feels really sluggish after 3k rpms.

i rarely step on the gas, it is a low comp vitara build, just saving up for a turbo kit right now..

anyways, when i try to stomp the gas the car falls flat on its face and wont go anywhere. The engine makes noise like its trying to accelerate but it does absolutely no where.

the rpms sometimes dont even climb past 3k lol..
Old 11-May-2010 | 09:30 AM
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Originally Posted by wb123
my car feels really sluggish after 3k rpms.

i rarely step on the gas, it is a low comp vitara build, just saving up for a turbo kit right now..

anyways, when i try to stomp the gas the car falls flat on its face and wont go anywhere. The engine makes noise like its trying to accelerate but it does absolutely no where.

the rpms sometimes dont even climb past 3k lol..
What is the CR and has it been tuned, as-is?
Old 11-May-2010 | 09:35 AM
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the cr?

its tuned on Ectune...
Old 11-May-2010 | 09:40 AM
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hover your cursor over "CR"...
Old 11-May-2010 | 09:44 AM
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hovered over it nothing came up

CR is like 7.5 to 7.8
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Old 11-May-2010 | 09:57 AM
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hovered over it nothing came up

CR is like 7.5 to 7.8
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When you hover your cursor over an abreviation, a little box should show up telling you what it stands for.

Nothing came up eh? So you magically realised what "cr" stands for? lol

So your cr is 7.5-7.8...I'm not surprised it's sluggish. With compression that low it's gonna feel super guttless! lol. You could try having it re-tuned, but not much point if you're gonna be boosting it soon and getting it retuned anyways.
Old 11-May-2010 | 01:30 PM
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was just clogged cat..


problem fixed
Old 11-May-2010 | 03:14 PM
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^^ That'll do it...lol
Old 11-May-2010 | 05:26 PM
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I was gunna say, check your cat, but I guess you figured it out.
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