CBV likely not connected and/or wastegate misadjusted or plain hooked up wrong.

2) This is an interesting observation. Would be interesting to dyno test an 850 with the different ECUs and all other variables constant to see if there is a performance difference. Can you swap a jetronic for a montronic ECU in a '95 850 without tuning/doing anything? So I have been looking into t...

It’s a cool physics exercise You need to know the mass of the car and have. A stop,watch To find how many HP are needed to cruise a trip 65 mph... Speed up to 70mph,Start the start watch as you go into neutral or declutch and coast. Stop the watch when you have reached 60 mph. Power is the energy cr...

I have an even number of spoked wheels.

I also have an even number of odd-numbered spoked wheels.

Did I win the weekly Association of Strict Sentence Heirachy of Logic Event?

I either just threw mine out or I can chrck in morning.

I either just threw mine out or I can chrck in morning. Were you able to find them abscate? I don think they survived the Great Garage Purge of last week where I dumped parts Check my evap thread - maybe I measured them there? On edit - I did not, sorry. Best I can offer is an estimate of 3/4 inch ...

The app looks really cool. Will have to buy the necessary Bluetooth dongle before I can check it out. What all can you do with it that you can't do with a $30 scanner? With this app you can reset the service light without having to go to the dealership and pay a bunch of money. You can even change ...

when there is a distributor involved the rotor and contacts in cap for the plug wires are not in alignment when timing is advanced or retarded a lot. The gap the spark jumps is larger and it will jump across a track in cap to another plug wire contact if the correct plug wire has resistance. Require...

Basic road safety 101 is keep the best tyres in the rear so the car doesn't unexpectedly oversteer, especially if braking hard. Each to his or her own but it's really terrible and dangerous advice to give someone else. As I said, I have never had a problem nor noticed a difference. Terrible and dan...

If it's a danger to other drivers, it's different and maybe they need a fine point on it. You're overlooking the danger to the person in the passenger seat who'll not have the safety of the passenger airbag. These cars are designed safety wise to have functional airbags. So a girlfriend, sibling, b...