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Engine Excuses
  • "I didn't realise that I had set my shift light to come on at 3500rpm"
  • "My MAF sensor was fucked"
  • "I suffered from fuel surge"
  • "Loads of det"
  • "Problems with heat soak"
  • "I was down 100bhp 'cos I couldn't get V-Power"
  • "I could hear the borewash"
  • "The light only came on after the engine blew up"
  • "I've turned the boost down"
  • "My new 3" exhaust lost all my torque"
  • "My charge temps were 1.3°C above optimum"
  • "My Intercooler vanes are bent"
  • "During my first run, my boost started to drop away from 1.8 bar peak and was down at 1.4bar by the end of the session. Turns out the heat had bent my waste gate shaft so the boost backed off"
  • "Ran out of octane booster"
  • "I had a transient vapour lock"
  • "My new engine is still a bit tight after only 5K miles"
  • "My engine is needing a rebuild, it's done over 5K miles"
  • "I have to back off slightly or I'll trip the noise meters"
  • "My engine was 50bhp down on power due to the rabbit stuck in the air intake"
  • "My gearing is all wrong for the 'Ring"  - Manny 
  • "I was cruising the straight at 60mph to cool things down" - Manny
  • "I was remapping my ECU"  - SteveW
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