Adam187 New Member 11 Member For: 5y 3m 20d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 08/08/19 05:40 AM Share Posted 08/08/19 05:40 AM Hey guys new to the ford scene..just wanting to know if this is normal or not..(car is stock auto) So basically sometimes depending on speed or my car load I’ll plant my foot to floor there’s about a 2 second delay then all off a sudden I get the big power kick.. then there is other times it kicks in almost instantly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,998 Member For: 16y 7m 18d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 08/08/19 06:24 AM Share Posted 08/08/19 06:24 AM what's the model? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam187 New Member 11 Member For: 5y 3m 20d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 08/08/19 06:43 AM Author Share Posted 08/08/19 06:43 AM Fg mk1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,998 Member For: 16y 7m 18d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 08/08/19 06:44 AM Share Posted 08/08/19 06:44 AM I'm going to assume it's an XR6T... so it is likely it's just related to turbo spool and load in the gear in question (road speed) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam187 New Member 11 Member For: 5y 3m 20d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 08/08/19 06:55 AM Author Share Posted 08/08/19 06:55 AM Yeah I’m not sure how it works but there is a delay sometimes if I plant foot to floor other times it just pops in hard I was doing bout 80km when I planted it and there was a delay if that helps not sure what gear was about 3 rpm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,998 Member For: 16y 7m 18d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 08/08/19 06:57 AM Share Posted 08/08/19 06:57 AM well, 3000 rpm will basically mean immediate full-boost spool and power applied and the revs will probably rocket along and probably push you up to 120ish very fast from 80km/h... but at other times then the gear may have to go back to a lower gear when you push the foot down there's a delay there plus the spool time. pretty standard for automatic turbo cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam187 New Member 11 Member For: 5y 3m 20d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 08/08/19 07:15 AM Author Share Posted 08/08/19 07:15 AM Ah ok so basically the delay is the car going back a gear to give it full kick hence the delay makes sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,998 Member For: 16y 7m 18d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 08/08/19 07:16 AM Share Posted 08/08/19 07:16 AM yeah, basically... put up a video if you find evidence of it not being that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam187 New Member 11 Member For: 5y 3m 20d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 08/08/19 07:51 AM Author Share Posted 08/08/19 07:51 AM I’ll check it out does have 160km so might wd40 solenoid Thanks for your responses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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