SuperHO
Mental Patient
So a 2000 Duratec powered Sable just joined my fleet, marking the first car in 10 years I've bought without a SHO badge on it.
There's a problem, though.....
The cars are similar in weight, size, etc....but the lil 200hp 6 runs significantly stronger than the V8. It may have been like this for a while, but the only thing I could compare it to is a 3.2 MTX car. It wasn't until I felt how much more sprightly the V6 was that I figured there might be a problem.
To me, it almost feels.....choked. like the secondaries aren't open (butterflies are removed) or the airbox has been stuffed with wet socks (month old paper filter). A rough stopwatch check shows the duratec to be almost a full second faster to 60mph....even accounting for the inevitable user error, thats a significant margin, and I really don't think It's some sort of freak Sable.
Where should I start lookin to regain the mighty 207's lost glory? Clogged cats, perhaps? Squirrel in the plenum?
There's a problem, though.....
The cars are similar in weight, size, etc....but the lil 200hp 6 runs significantly stronger than the V8. It may have been like this for a while, but the only thing I could compare it to is a 3.2 MTX car. It wasn't until I felt how much more sprightly the V6 was that I figured there might be a problem.
To me, it almost feels.....choked. like the secondaries aren't open (butterflies are removed) or the airbox has been stuffed with wet socks (month old paper filter). A rough stopwatch check shows the duratec to be almost a full second faster to 60mph....even accounting for the inevitable user error, thats a significant margin, and I really don't think It's some sort of freak Sable.
Where should I start lookin to regain the mighty 207's lost glory? Clogged cats, perhaps? Squirrel in the plenum?
