Slow S2k?
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From: Rancho Santa Margarita
Originally Posted by B.Money,Apr 2 2007, 11:44 PM
Hey guys, well iv owned my baby for quite a while now.. and im not really into the whole triple digit stuff, but you know i just had to make sure the 1 worked and wasn't burnt out or anything like that, so i found a long road in the middle of nowhere and gave it all she had till just after 4th. My car seemed to struggle to get to 120! i mean i may have been going up a slight incline i don't remember (was in the mountains)... all i remember is it taking quite a while to get over 100 and never made it to 120 before shutting down...i dont even know if it where to of gotten there...lol. I mean I didn't buy the car for 1/4 mile or anything like that i dont care about that stuff but im just wondering if the incline may have taken a huge toll on my car just due to torque or something like that, or is there something that could possibly be wrong? what should i check for? any maintenance or anything that i should check up on? i just changed my oil about 1k ago, my car has about 27k miles on it. Or maybe im just crazy and theres nothing to worry about, and im just wasting my, and your time... either way... whats your input on this? lol thanks 
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Originally Posted by SILSLYS2K,Apr 3 2007, 02:00 PM
Might need a tuneup, you have low miles but you didn't say when you had your last tune up,check your spark plugs,often over looked!!!!,air filter.Might need a valve adj if your hard on the motor
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From: Tampa
Less humid and cooler days help any car run better . I had my S , top down at 150 and had to stay on it because of the Highway Patrol car I passed sitting on the shoulder of the interstate . Good thing for those quik exit ramps .
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From: Thousand Oaks, CA.
On the street my S always seems slow to me because i'm not in V-tech very often. On the track its great, as I'm always in V-tech. I need a "roots" style supercharger to fill my void on the street.
The car always seems to pull well up to 120mph.
Mike
The car always seems to pull well up to 120mph.
Mike
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From: Winchester, VA
I was racing a VW GLI (200hp + turbo in it) the other day. Smoked it of course. Didn't have any problems hiting 120 from 80 mph role. I vote granny shifting. Run her hard until you see the red line like come on, then shift her like a man. If you're running in 6th gear from 50 mph to 120mph on an incline of course it'll take some time.
