Recent content by TheSaint

oops :) The problem existed before the plugs were changed - will do on the reader :)

Master - yes it started perfectly when I changed the plugs - solved a mis-fire problem. Turbo - thanks I will do that, this sort of stuff is all new to me so I appreciate it. Thanks for all your comments - it has given me plenty to get on with :)

I'm not expecting it to be a rocket ship :) This is just based on the fact that is a 1.6 and a very small car - so the power to weight ratio should be good. I remember my first car as a 1.3 Proton and that had similar hp but was a lot heavier, it seemed to me that it was a faster car, the...

Thanks for the info - I will try to do a 0-60mph run and check that out. The car itself doesn't seem to missfire so I am guessing it wouldn't be the coil packs (though I really have no idea). One of those engine clean out things sounds like a good idea though. I will try that too :)

hi, it is 2004, has done about 50,000 miles and was serviced in the past couple of months. I also put new spark plugs in .. Good Bosch ones which made the engine smoother. I would also add I don't want the car to sound like a boy racers wreck after any mods. Thanks

The missus drives a streetka. It has a 1.6 engine but for such a small car seems very slow. I can accelerate up to 25 mph quite quickly, but then the engine seems to lose all its guts. Is this normal? And is there anything I can do to improve acceleration? I have seen people say they can get...