Anybody know what could cause this, basically a few months ago when my car was insured my mate in his 1.25 fiesta tried to have a little play with me so I went along with it and for some reason I seemed to struggle to outperform him which I thought a 1.8 BA would dust a 1.25? I was 3 people up and he just had himself but I thought it should have done better than that lol? Never really gone above just cruising before that and its stuck in my head since...would a service help or could the timing be out or something?

If it could be the timing I'm wondering if this OTOS syndrome could be the problem?
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Hmmm so your car weighs more to begin with, and then you're carrying probably about 130kg extra weight on average if there are 3 people in your car including you....

Lets do some math!

Fiesta 1.25 -> 73bhp, 1040kg -> 70.1 (power to weight ratio)
323F 1.8 -> 115bhp, 1430kg -> 80

Or if you had 3 OTHER people in your car, totalling 4 people:
323F 1.8 -> 115bhp, 1500kg -> 76.6

What subwhoofers and stuff did you have in your car? When you work it out, there isn't much in it

EDIT: Just to clarify, I'm using factory power figures, and factory weights (I'm sure the 1.8 BA weights about 1200kg empty), and a 99-02 reg Ford Fiesta I haven't taken things like weight loss due to rust, fat people, weight of fuel or anything else into consideration

Silly boy....

Yeah there was 3 people in the car including me, and i also had a sub in the boot and a bit of shopping...which he didn't....and yep it was the 99-02 fiesta lol.....so are ya saying thats about right then...i thought my engine was seriously underperforming lol


ziggy....I never said where this took place...may have been on a private track Everyone that says its silly, most people have booted there cars occasionally...I don't make a habit of it...hence I was shocked a 1.25 fiesta almost kept up lol