Howdy,
I got a 1998 WF Festiva, 1.5L 5 Spd.
Do most of the work myself, but when it comes to electronics and what not is guessing games I suppose.
Have 2 earlier Festiva and a donor, all 1.3 Autos.
The problem is, the 98 WF has a torque issue at 100 -110 K when going on a rise on the freeway. It's a killjoy to be honest, it just seems to fade away and need to drop it to 4th or 3rd, speed drops back to 90, need to change to left lane cos cars behind have slowed down to.
I searched using "Review" and found that particular model apparently did "lose" 11Kw of torque.
Is there a way to "fix" it ?
I don't mind if it's a cam change they did, or compression changes.
But if it's in the
ECU programming, what can be done about it if anything can be done ?
Does Ford do "
ECU Upgrades" when there has been an oversight ?
This issue can be classified just on the doorstep of "safety", due to the fact it loses torque when it is most needed and hinders traffic on the freeway.
I'm sure the 1.5 has more hidden potential, has it been "de-tuned" ?
Thanks