skymera
Brutal Honesty
I cruise the motorways of Britain at a steady pace of 50-60mph and I find at this speed there isn't enough oomph to overtake lorries quickly especially on the slight uphills and when I do pull out sometimes it will take me a short while to gain speed to nip in front.
Doing some tests earlier on my 50mile M3 journey I found it easier to accelerate and maintain speed from 70mph onwards at around 4k-4.1krpm than I could at 50mph which is 3000rpm ish.
Accelerating in 5th at 52mph up a slight gradient on the motorway proves troublesome and the car struggles to gain any speed.
I don't like doing 70+ as I find my car...somewhat unpredictable at higher speeds and chooses to try and throw me into a ditch at any opportunity.
Doesn't seem like the car is down on power at all, still feels very nippy blasting down the local dual carriageways every now and then.
Would the much heavier wide steels with a smaller rolling radius have that big of an impact?
Or is this fairly normal and I've just grown tired of it? These are stupidly heavy, I guess 4 with tyres is near 100KG
Any ways to improve low-mid range power? 1.3 intake cam?
Perhaps the loud exhaust keeps me from accelerating harder as I try to keep it quiet....
Doing some tests earlier on my 50mile M3 journey I found it easier to accelerate and maintain speed from 70mph onwards at around 4k-4.1krpm than I could at 50mph which is 3000rpm ish.
Accelerating in 5th at 52mph up a slight gradient on the motorway proves troublesome and the car struggles to gain any speed.
I don't like doing 70+ as I find my car...somewhat unpredictable at higher speeds and chooses to try and throw me into a ditch at any opportunity.
Doesn't seem like the car is down on power at all, still feels very nippy blasting down the local dual carriageways every now and then.
Would the much heavier wide steels with a smaller rolling radius have that big of an impact?
Or is this fairly normal and I've just grown tired of it? These are stupidly heavy, I guess 4 with tyres is near 100KG
Any ways to improve low-mid range power? 1.3 intake cam?
Perhaps the loud exhaust keeps me from accelerating harder as I try to keep it quiet....
