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power/tourque difference?!

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Hi all!

so it will be a bit strange ... sometimes i feel my car like a power rocket ! after 2 minutes ill stop at the red light accelerate and feels not the sam tourque , i dunno how can i explane , sometimes power comes instantly after that it just pulls ok but not the same ! car is sound ! turbo ok! engine is good to 5700miles, why is this strange feeling ? clutch? spark plugs ? is anyone else experienced like this ? or is it totally normal? šŸ¤¦šŸ¼šŸ˜‚

Thank you guys

Fiesta St180 (mp215)
 


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Yes, intercooler. My bad. If youā€™re doing a lot of starting and stopping, sitting in traffic, less air is being circulated. Having more surface area on an intercooler will help dissipate the heat.
thanks!
car never been mepped except factory (montune) so i still need that cooler ? i never heard about this less air circulate , so this cancause my strange tourque boost feeling?!

cheers
 


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Being a budget hot hatch, Ford skimped on the cooling system on the FiST. Namely the intercooler is basically barely adequate for the stock tune the radiator remained the same as the base Fiesta, but now has the intercooler upfront blocking airflow.

The stock tuneā€™s ā€œoverboostā€ function is basically to limit heatsoak and overheating
 


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Being a budget hot hatch, Ford skimped on the cooling system on the FiST. Namely the intercooler is basically barely adequate for the stock tune the radiator remained the same as the base Fiesta, but now has the intercooler upfront blocking airflow.

The stock tuneā€™s ā€œoverboostā€ function is basically to limit heatsoak and overheating
Thanks guys! so even if its cold here ? cause in Scotland currently 5-6 degrees
 


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It (the heat soak) should be less (and recover quicker than summer time temps) in ~40*F temps (you were claiming 5*-6* C, correct?), but it will still happen on a very hard WOT pull.
 


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Thanks guys! so even if its cold here ? cause in Scotland currently 5-6 degrees
hi, measure it ;), do not take for granted what people write. Get a cheap obd scanner, maybe forscan and look at the temps in your manifold during driving. If they are high, maybe an intercooler would help. If not, maybe this is not the reason.
 


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