Hi everyone, new to the forum and badly need advice. Ive owned my 2008 197 for over a year and decided to get it remapped so it was put dyno'd and it only made 155hp
naturally I didn't proceed with the remap as I want to find out what's wrong. The dyno type was the one where they remove the front wheels and bolt machines to the hubs, I don't know if different machine gives different power readings, I'm not very informed when it comes to this stuff.
anyway what could cause such a massive loss of power??????? Yesterday was very depressing for me as the car is my pride and joy but if the problem is something expensive that I can't afford to fix then it will have to go but I don't want that to happen.
first of all I'm going to change the spark plugs and see if the car feels any different. It drives fine at the minute and I didn't think it felt down on power, and at 5k rpm you can feel it get faster again but the dyno graph showed that the car died flat at 5k rpm, very confusing. The guy who done the test took it for a drive and said its the weakest 197 he has driven. So I got in touch with a guy I know with a 197 and he let me drive his, they felt almost identical, then I let him drive mine and he said mine felt more urgent than his and that he preferred how mine felt and he also said there was no way the car only had 155hp.
my car has 46k on the clock, belts were changed 2 years ago before I bought it (could wrongly fitted belts cause a loss of power?) and the car has a scorpion cat back system and a ktec induction kit.
i really hope you guys can help me because the situation is quite saddening to me.
thanks
naturally I didn't proceed with the remap as I want to find out what's wrong. The dyno type was the one where they remove the front wheels and bolt machines to the hubs, I don't know if different machine gives different power readings, I'm not very informed when it comes to this stuff.
anyway what could cause such a massive loss of power??????? Yesterday was very depressing for me as the car is my pride and joy but if the problem is something expensive that I can't afford to fix then it will have to go but I don't want that to happen.
first of all I'm going to change the spark plugs and see if the car feels any different. It drives fine at the minute and I didn't think it felt down on power, and at 5k rpm you can feel it get faster again but the dyno graph showed that the car died flat at 5k rpm, very confusing. The guy who done the test took it for a drive and said its the weakest 197 he has driven. So I got in touch with a guy I know with a 197 and he let me drive his, they felt almost identical, then I let him drive mine and he said mine felt more urgent than his and that he preferred how mine felt and he also said there was no way the car only had 155hp.
my car has 46k on the clock, belts were changed 2 years ago before I bought it (could wrongly fitted belts cause a loss of power?) and the car has a scorpion cat back system and a ktec induction kit.
i really hope you guys can help me because the situation is quite saddening to me.
thanks