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Old 23-11-2018, 10:49 PM   #1
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Default LW lack of torque and replacement gear knob

Yeh I know, weird title. Firstly any hints on getting more torque out of the 2 litre LW manual and anyone had issues with gear knob getting soft and disintegrating over time.? Replacement ideas?
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Old 24-11-2018, 04:44 PM   #2
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Default Re: LW lack of torque and replacement gear knob

Interesting re the lack of torque. It 202nm at 4000rpm or so so just a conventional motor. The very latest Corolla has round about the same power and torque.

I have heard people talk about putting in K@N air filters (I think) to improve performance.
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Old 25-11-2018, 12:42 PM   #3
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Default Re: LW lack of torque and replacement gear knob

Yeah car is fine when revved above 3500 but woefully poor under that
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Old 25-11-2018, 01:34 PM   #4
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Default Re: LW lack of torque and replacement gear knob

The MkI 85KW Engine was like that. Nothing much below 4,000rpm. A Herrod Custom Tune fixed that, though so you could look into a decent Flash Tune.
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