13-04-2023, 09:23 AM
(This post was last modified: 13-04-2023, 09:29 AM by peter scott.)
(12-04-2023, 09:50 PM)joebog1 Wrote: If it doesnt want to pull in 5th, change to 6th and labour the hell out of it. Hopefully itll blow a bigend and they will get you something decent.
Kidding
Joe
It's really weird. It's not that I'm trying to slog the thing at too low revs. I'm talking about driving at 100 to 120 kph and it running mid rev range but it's telling me to change up when it has hardly enough torque to maintain speed on slight hills.
Looking up the on-line owners handbook it is one of these 1 litre three cylinder engines, which is what my little Suzuki has back home but unlike the Suzuki I don't think the Fiat is turbo charged and the manual quotes 70 bhp @ 6000 rpm and 92 Nm @ 3500 rpm. So I guess I'm being a bit unfair comparing it to the Suzuki with 111 bhp @ 5500 and 169 Nm over 2000 to 3500 rpm.
Also the Fiat weighs 980 kg as against 924 kg for the Suzuki.
Peter
