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What's up with my car??

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FOX_RIDER_92

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hi im new my name is jeremy i am 17. ok so anyway i got a 92' 2.3L mustang convertiable from my brother and something is wrong the car doesnt have power at all. like when i am driving up a hill no matter how much u push the peddal it goes the same speed up the hill and on the road it take a lil while for it to get up to speed i am wondering if this is a common probblem. also when the car is in park it idels fine no skip that i can hear and it revs up fine. thanks for your time
 

RMODEL65

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the 2.3 efi naturally aspirated is just slow

you can start by removing the air silencer from the intake tract

as for it now speeding up going up a hill down shift to a lower gear
 
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i do shift to lower gear i know they are slow but there is a problem with mine im thinking it might be the tourqe converter
 

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It is a 5 Speed, or an Automatic? Its only 105hp, they are slow.

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auto.... i know its slow but there is something wrong with it i mean have u driven a 240sx they are 2.3 and they get up and go to me even the little civic hatch that are 1.8 feel like more power than what i have something is wrong with mine
 
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